Women physicians and the cultures of medicine

This volume examines the wide-ranging careers and diverse lives of American women physicians, shedding light on their struggles for equality, professional accomplishment, and personal happiness over the past 150 years.

Leading scholars in the history of medicine chronicle the trials and triumphs of such extraordinary women as Marie Zakrzewska, one of the first female medical graduates in the United States and founder of the New England Hospital for Women and Children; Mary S. Calderone, the courageous and controversial medical director of Planned Parenthood in the mid-twentieth century; and Esther Pohl Lovejoy, who risked her life to bring medical aid and supplies to countries experiencing war, famine, and other catastrophes.

Illuminating the ethnic, political, and personal diversity of women physicians, the book reveals them as dedicated professionals who grapple with obstacles and embrace challenges, even as they negotiate their own health, sexuality, and body images, the needs of their patients, and the rise of the women's health movement.

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This volume is about and (mostly) by women. Of the dozen authors whose contributions are included, only one is a male (Robert Nye); his essay, "The Legacy of Masculine Codes of Honor and the Admission of Women to the Medical Profession in the Nineteenth Century," is in line with the feminist, post-victimology tone of the volume. That said, readers will find much to admire in this book. The individual essays, while diverse, are uniformly well written, well researched, and impressively documented. Two especially insightful and informative contributions are Carla Bittel's "Mary Putnam Jacobi and the Nineteenth-Century Politics of Women's Health Research," and Ellen S. More's "Professionalism versus Sexuality in the Career of Dr. Mary Calderone, 1904-1998." This work is of significant value to medical historians and should be a valuable component of women's studies curricula. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-level undergraduates, graduate students, researchers/faculty, and professionals/practitioners. I. Richman emeritus, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg Campus

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