3 Maternalist Medicine: Women Physicians in the Progressive Era

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: Restoring the Balance? 1
5. 1 The Professionalism of Sarah Dolley, M.D. 13
6. 2 Gendered Practices: Late Victorian Medicine in the Woman’s Sphere 42
7. 3 Maternalist Medicine: Women Physicians in the Progressive Era 70
8. 4 Redefining the Margins: Women Physicians and American Hospitals, 1900–1939 95
9. 5 Getting Organized: The Medical Women’s National Association and World War I 122
10. 6 New Directions: The Eclipse of Maternalist Medicine 148
11. 7 Resisting the “Feminine Mystique,” 1938–1968 182
12. 8 Medicine and the New Women’s Movement 216
13. Conclusion: Reconciling Equality and Difference 248
14. Notes 261
15. Index 333