Laura Kelly

Irish women in medicine, c.1880s-1920s

Origins, education and careers

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 346g
• ISBN-13: 9780719097409
• ISBN-10: 0719097401
• Artikelnr.: 42372458

Autorenporträt

Laura Kelly is Lecturer in the History of Health and Medicine at the University of Strathclyde

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Debates surrounding women's admission to the medical
profession 2. The admission of women to the KQCPI and Irish medical schools
3. Becoming a medical student 4. 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