Science Has No Sex
The Life of Marie Zakrzewska, M.D
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10034669 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephanie P Browner (Berea College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 93 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1259-1260 |
| Publication date | 2007-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of American History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8723 • E-ISSN: 1945-2314 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/25094678 |
| OpenAlex | W2001937519 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Arleen Marcia Tuchman's meticulously researched biography of Marie Zakrzewska makes a valuable contribution to the history of women in nineteenth-century American medicine. Zakrzewska's life has earned some discussion in recent studies, but there has been no biography since Agnes Vietor's 1924 A Woman's Quest: The Life of Marie E. Zakrzewska, M.D. Given the major role Zakrzewska played in opening doors for women in U.S. medicine, a new biography is long overdue. Zakrzewska was born in Berlin in 1829 to a middle-class family. Her father was politically active, and as a result his civil servant position and wages were not always certain. To help the family, Zakrzewska's mother became a midwife, and at twenty, Zakrzewska followed in her mother's footsteps, becoming a student at the Berlin Charité hospital. Within a few years, she was the head midwife, charged with teaching other students, and she was active in efforts to raise the status of midwives
Art history · Biography · Civil servant · Family life · Middle class · Political science · Politics · Servant · Sociology · Classics · Gender Studies · History · Law · Medical History and Innovations
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,15 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2018 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |