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| Genre/Form: | Trials, litigation, etc Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Mary Dixon Jones |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Regina Markell Morantz-Sanchez |
| ISBN: | 0195139283 9780195139280 |
| OCLC Number: | 44603457 |
| Description: | 304 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Responsibility: | Regina Morantz-Sanchez. |
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<br>"Morantz-Sanchez's thoughtfully written, thoroughly documented book deals with much more than the bare bones of Dixon Jones' story.... Excellent."--Booklist<p><br>"Riveting and insightful, Regina Morantz-Sanchez...offers a spotlight on a critical series of turning points in public attitudes toward American Medicine and gender roles. Combining sophisticated analysis with page-turning prose, this book will alter definitively the way we think about masculinity, femininity and the professions in the late 19th century America." --William H. Chafe, Alice Mary Baldwin Professor of History<p><br>"Regina Morantz-Sanchez breathes new life into an important episode in the history of gynecology. Her insightful narrative of the career and trials of Mary Dixon Jones, an ambitious female physician accused of murder and mayhem, provides important insights into the complicated politics that surrounded women's bodies and female professionalization in the late nineteenth century America." --Joan Jacobs Brumberg, Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow and Professor<p><br>"A doctor, a woman, a libel case, a trial -- the stuff of novels. In this gripping historical narrative, Morantz-Sanchez skillfully weaves these elements into an insightful and contextualized social history pertinent to issues of gender and medical authority still vital to the present day. Highly recommended!" --Judith Walzer Leavitt, University of Wisconsin, Madison<p><br>"A major contribution to social and medical history, Conduct Unbecomming A Woman is a fascinating case study that raises important issues about gender, medicine, professionalization, and urban middle-class life at the end of the nineteenth century. Sparkling writing, meticulous research, and acute analysis combine to make this work history at its best." --James H. Jones, Distinguished University Professor, University of Houston<p><br> Read more...

