Driving ambitions
Women in Pursuit of a Medical Education, 1890-1939
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4349066 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carol Dyhouse (University of Sussex, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 321-343 |
| Publication date | 1998-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Women s History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0961-2025 • E-ISSN: 1747-583X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09612029800200364 |
| OpenAlex | W4232059028, W2051817685 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 2 |
This article focuses on the life-histories of some of the women who sought a medical education between 1890 and 1939, reflecting upon the extent to which these accounts share the features of a literary genre, the quest or the folk-fairy tale. It is suggested that these autobiographical and biographical narratives tell us a great deal about the tensions between gender prescriptions and vocational ambitions, particularly if they are read with careful attention to form and metaphor. Here I examine the importance of certain trials and rites de passage (such as entering the dissecting room), as well as notions of drive, ambition and the desire to ‘take control’
Aesthetics · Art · Linguistics · Literature · Metaphor · Narrative · Pedagogy · Political science · Sociology · Vocational education · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · History · Philosophy · Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0.47 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2025 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |