Able-Bodied Womanhood Personal Health and Social Change in Nineteenth-Century Boston |
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| Author:
| Verbrugge, Martha H. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-505124-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1988 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $200.00 |
Book Description:
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This case study of health reform in Boston between 1830 and 1900 combines medical and social history to analyze the conflicting messages--both feminist and conservative--projected by the concept of "able-bodied womanhood."
This case study of health reform in Boston between 1830 and 1900 combines medical and social history to analyze the conflicting messages--both feminist and conservative--projected by the concept of "able-bodied womanhood."