Kimberly Jensen

Oregon's Doctor to the World

Esther Pohl Lovejoy and a Life in Activism

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Produktbeschreibung

Tells the story of this important western woman, exploring her approach to politics, health, and society and her civic, economic, and medical activism

Produktdetails

• Oregon's Doctor to the World
• Verlag: University of Washington Press
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 154mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 498g
• ISBN-13: 9780295992242
• ISBN-10: 0295992247
• Artikelnr.: 35560622

Autorenporträt

Kimberly Jensen is professor of history and gender studies at Western Oregon University and the author of Mobilizing Minerva: American Women in the First World War.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction Oregon's Doctor to the World
1. Lessons in Constructive Resistance
2. Becoming a Woman Physician
3. Golden Hopes for Family and Career
4. City Health and the Business of Women
5. Women, Politics, and Power
6. The First World War and Transnational Activism
7. Candidate Lovejoy and a Shopgirl's Rise
8. The Quay at Smyrna and Beyond
9. Feminist Transnational Activism and International Health
Conclusion A Legacy of Constructive Resistance
Chronology
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index