Irish Women in Medicine, C.1880s1920s - Origins, Education and Careers

Informationen zum Autor Laura Kelly is Lecturer in the History of Health and Medicine at the University of Strathclyde Klappentext The first comprehensive history of Irish women in medicine in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It focuses on the debates surrounding women's admission to Irish medical schools, the geographical and social backgrounds of early women medical students, their educational experiences and subsequent careers. Zusammenfassung The first comprehensive history of Irish women in medicine in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It focuses on the debates surrounding women’s admission to Irish medical schools, the geographical and social backgrounds of early women medical students, their educational experiences and subsequent careers. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. Debates surrounding women's admission to the medical profession2. The admission of women to the KQCPI and Irish medical schools 3. Becoming a medical student4. Women's experiences of Irish medical education 5. Careers and opportunities 6. Trends in the careers of Irish women doctors: emigration, marriage and the First World War 7. Medical lives: case-studies of five Irish women medical graduates 8. Conclusions Bibliography Appendix 1: Methodology Appendix 2: Biographical index Appendix 3: Additional tables Index

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Laura Kelly, Kelly Laura, Kelly Laura
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.05.2015
• EAN: 9780719097409
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-9740-9
• Pagine: 272
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, MEDICAL / History, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, HISTORY / Women, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Ireland, History of Medicine, British & Irish history, Gender studies: women, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Gender studies: women and girls, c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period)