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A biographical dictionary of women healers : midwives, nurses, and physicians / Laurie Scrivener and J. Suzanne Barnes ; with contributions by Cecelia M. Brown and Dana Tuley-Williams.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Westport, Conn. : Oryx Press, 2002Description: x, 340 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 157356219X
  • 9781573562195
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 610.820922 21
LOC classification:
  • R692 .S38 2002
Contents:
Appendix I List of Women by Occupation 315 -- Appendix II Notable Events Related to Women Healers 319.
Summary: A reference book containing an alphabetical list of biographies about women healers; each listing contains references for further study and reading.Review: "Women have always been healers. They have helped one another through the birthing process, nursed the sick and wounded, and sought cures for illnesses and injuries. This book summarizes the lives of 240 significant or representative women who have engaged in the "core" professions of mid-wifery, nursing, and medicine (exclusive of psychiatry), and whose careers were primarily spent in the United States and Canada, from colonial times to the present." "For the high school or college student, this book will serve as an introduction to the lives of these remarkable healers. The women's stories may inspire further pursuit of the subject and may even motivate readers to become healers themselves. Women's Studies scholars, biographers, and historians of science, medicine, or nursing will find the biographies useful starting points for a more in-depth examination of the role of women in the field of healing. Each biography provides references for deeper exploration and study."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-327) and index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Appendix I List of Women by Occupation 315 -- Appendix II Notable Events Related to Women Healers 319.

A reference book containing an alphabetical list of biographies about women healers; each listing contains references for further study and reading.

"Women have always been healers. They have helped one another through the birthing process, nursed the sick and wounded, and sought cures for illnesses and injuries. This book summarizes the lives of 240 significant or representative women who have engaged in the "core" professions of mid-wifery, nursing, and medicine (exclusive of psychiatry), and whose careers were primarily spent in the United States and Canada, from colonial times to the present." "For the high school or college student, this book will serve as an introduction to the lives of these remarkable healers. The women's stories may inspire further pursuit of the subject and may even motivate readers to become healers themselves. Women's Studies scholars, biographers, and historians of science, medicine, or nursing will find the biographies useful starting points for a more in-depth examination of the role of women in the field of healing. Each biography provides references for deeper exploration and study."--BOOK JACKET.

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