Author : Judith Bellafaire,Mercedes Herrera Graf
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2009-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781603441469
Women Doctors in War by Judith Bellafaire,Mercedes Herrera Graf Pdf
In their efforts to utilize their medical skills and training in the service of their country, women physicians fought not one but two male-dominated professional hierarchies: the medical and the military establishments. In the process, they also contended with powerful social pressures and constraints. Throughout Women Doctors in War, the authors focus on the medical careers, aspirations, and struggles of individual women, using personal stories to illustrate the unique professional and personal challenges female military physicians have faced. Military and medical historians and scholars in women’s studies will discover a wealth of new information in Women Doctors in War.