Dr. Harriot Kezia Hunt : nineteenth-century physician and woman's rights advocate / Myra C. Glenn.
Dr. Harriot Kezia Hunt : nineteenth-century physician and woman's rights advocate / Myra C. Glenn.
Dr. Harriot Kezia Hunt : nineteenth-century physician and woman's rights advocate / Myra C. Glenn.
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Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2018]
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G 2019/0198
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English
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xiv, 230 pages ; 23 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
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The making of a maverick : Harriot Hunt's early years -- Forging a medical career -- Coping with family tragedy & professional rejection during the 1840s -- Battling Harvard Medical School, becoming a woman's rights activist -- Seeking political power, gender equality, and female friendship -- Forgi...
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Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2018]
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Massachusetts
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[2018]
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"Harriot Kezia Hunt was a pioneer in a number of ways. The first woman to establish a successful medical practice in the United States, she began seeing patients in Boston in 1835 and promoted a new method of treatment by listening to women's troubles or their "heart histories." Her unsuccessful efforts to attend lectures at Harvard's Medical Schoo...
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Dr. Harriot Kezia Hunt : nineteenth-century physician and woman's rights advocate / Myra C. Glenn.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2019/0198
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74VKV0voPj5O
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1625343752 hardcover
9781625343765 paperback
1625343760 paperback
9781625343758 hardcover
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305.4361092 B
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991024224102502626
