Midwifery and the professionalization of obstetrics : when women's work became a gentleman's profession / Shanna Gregg.

This paper will be about the professionalization of obstetrics. Through the examination of this transformation, it is possible to demonstrate that, during the period 1800 to 1920, male medical improvements and the promise of 'painless' birth convinced women (first middle and upper class an...

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Main Author: Gregg, Shanna.
Corporate Author: Simmons College (Boston, Mass.). Liberal Studies Program.
Format: Thesis Book
Language:English
Published: 1992.
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Call Number: RG51 .G73 1992