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Oregon's Doctor to the World : Esther Pohl Lovejoy and a Life in Activism

ISBN: 9780295992242 | 0295992247
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Univ of Washington Pr
Pub. Date: 10/1/2012

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SummaryTable of Contents
Esther Clayson Pohl Lovejoy, whose long life stretched from 1869 to 1967, challenged convention from the time she was a young girl. Her professional life began as one of Oregon's earliest women physicians, and her commitment to public health and medical relief took her into the international arena, where she was chair of the American Women's Hospitals after World War I and the first president of the Medical Women's International Association. Most disease, suffering, and death, she believed, were the result of wars and social and economic inequi... MORE
Acknowledgmentsp. ix
Introduction: Oregon's Doctor to the Worldp. 3
Lessons in Constructive Resistancep. 10
Becoming a Woman Physicianp. 33
Golden Hopes for Family and Careerp. 56
City Health and the Business of Womenp. 75
Women, Politics, and Powerp. 98
The First World War and Transnational Activismp. 122
Candidate Lovejoy a... MOREp. 145
The Quay at Smyrna and Beyondp. 169
Feminist Transnational Activism and International Healthp. 193
Conclusion: A Legacy of Constructive Resistancep. 208
Chronologyp. 225
Abbreviationsp. 231
Notesp. 233
Bibliographyp. 303
Indexp. 325
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