Mazie Hough
Biographic Data
| ID | 3978124 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mazie Hough |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mazie |
| FAMILY NAME | Hough |
| SIGNATURE | HOUGH M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Maine |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4344-6016 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Women Healers: Gender, Authority, and Medicine in Early Philadelphia
Journal Article Women Healers: Gender, Authority, and Medicine in Early Philadelphia Get access Women Healers: Gender, Authority, and Medicine in Early Philadelphia. By Susan H Brandt. (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2022. 299 pp. $39.95.) Mazie Hough Mazie Hough University of Maine, Orono, Maine Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 111, Issue 1, June 2024, P…
“There Is Nothing So Sacred as Human Life”: Infanticide and the State in Maine, 1877–1917
From 1877 to 1896, Maine courts sentenced six women accused of infanticide to imprisonment for life. This harsh punishment was in stark contrast to the more lenient punishments given infanticides elsewhere. A close look at these cases through court documents, newspaper accounts, pardon petitions, and attorney general reports suggests that the trials marked a shift in the justice system in Maine as the state increasingly asserted its control over …
Edward C. Atwater, Women Medical Doctors in the United States before the Civil War: A Biographical Dictionary
This is a deceptively simple book—a biographical dictionary of 220 women who received medical degrees, starting from the first degree awarded to a woman in 1849 through to 1860. As expected, the book includes the basic information on birth and death, place of origin, family and practice, but Edward C. Atwater has provided so much more. Over 40 years, bringing to bear his wide knowledge in the history of medicine, he has consulted family letters, …
Women and Justice for the Poor: A History of Legal Aid, 1863-1945
In 1863 the Working Women's Protective Union in New York opened the first legal aid organization with a full-time staff of women lay lawyers providing legal services to impoverished and working-class women. By 1938, a diversity of organizations had provided legal aid to over 5 million people. While several “definitive” studies of legal aid have been written, Felice Batlan makes a bold claim: by placing women at the center, she has exposed “the re…
Women and Justice for the Poor: A History of Legal Aid, 1863-1945
In 1863 the Working Women's Protective Union in New York opened the first legal aid organization with a full-time staff of women lay lawyers providing legal services to impoverished and working-class women. By 1938, a diversity of organizations had provided legal aid to over 5 million people. While several “definitive” studies of legal aid have been written, Felice Batlan makes a bold claim: by placing women at the center, she has exposed “the re…
Women and Justice for the Poor: A History of Legal Aid, 1863-1945
In 1863 the Working Women's Protective Union in New York opened the first legal aid organization with a full-time staff of women lay lawyers providing legal services to impoverished and working-class women. By 1938, a diversity of organizations had provided legal aid to over 5 million people. While several “definitive” studies of legal aid have been written, Felice Batlan makes a bold claim: by placing women at the center, she has exposed “the re…
Edward C. Atwater, Women Medical Doctors in the United States before the Civil War: A Biographical Dictionary
This is a deceptively simple book—a biographical dictionary of 220 women who received medical degrees, starting from the first degree awarded to a woman in 1849 through to 1860. As expected, the book includes the basic information on birth and death, place of origin, family and practice, but Edward C. Atwater has provided so much more. Over 40 years, bringing to bear his wide knowledge in the history of medicine, he has consulted family letters, …
“There Is Nothing So Sacred as Human Life”: Infanticide and the State in Maine, 1877–1917
From 1877 to 1896, Maine courts sentenced six women accused of infanticide to imprisonment for life. This harsh punishment was in stark contrast to the more lenient punishments given infanticides elsewhere. A close look at these cases through court documents, newspaper accounts, pardon petitions, and attorney general reports suggests that the trials marked a shift in the justice system in Maine as the state increasingly asserted its control over …
Women Healers: Gender, Authority, and Medicine in Early Philadelphia
Journal Article Women Healers: Gender, Authority, and Medicine in Early Philadelphia Get access Women Healers: Gender, Authority, and Medicine in Early Philadelphia. By Susan H Brandt. (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2022. 299 pp. $39.95.) Mazie Hough Mazie Hough University of Maine, Orono, Maine Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 111, Issue 1, June 2024, P…
Political science (4 works) · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (2 works) · Criminology (2 works) · Economic Justice (2 works) · Family medicine (2 works) · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices (2 works) · Medicine (2 works)