History of Women in the United States : : Historical Articles on Women's Lives and Activities. / Volume 8/1, : Professional and White-Collar Employments / / ed. by Nancy F. Cott.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA History 1990 - 1999
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : K. G. Saur, , [2012]
©1993
Year of Publication:2012
Edition:Reprint 2012
Language:English
Series:History of Women in the United States ; Volume 8/1
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Physical Description:1 online resource (334 p.)
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Other title:i-iv --
Contents --
Series Preface --
Introduction --
Professional and White-Collar Employments --
The Female School Teacher in Ante-Bellum Massachusetts --
In from the Periphery: American Women in Science, 1830–1880 --
American Female Historians in Context, 1770–1930 --
“To Barter Their Souls for Gold”: Female Clerks in Federal Government Offices, 1862–1890 --
The Duty or Right to Care? Nursing and Womanhood in Historical Perspective --
Professionalism, Feminism, and Gender Roles: A Comparative Study of Nineteenth-Century Medical Therapeutics --
Feminism, Professionalism, and Germs: The Thought of Mary Putnam Jacobi and Elizabeth Blackwell --
Doctors or Ladies? Women Physicians in Psychiatric Institutions, 1872–1900 --
From Hospital to College: Black Nurse Leaders and the Rise of Collegiate Nursing Schools --
Barred from the Bar: Women and Legal Education in the United States 1870-1890 --
‘Little World of Our Own’: The Pennsylvania Hospital Training School for Nurses, 1895–1907 --
Research Note: The Male-Female Earnings Differential. A Historical Overview of the Clerical Occupations from the 1880s to the 1970s --
The Labor Market and the American High School Girl 1890–1928 --
Woman’s Place is at the Typewriter: The Feminization of the Clerical Labor Force --
Female Solidarity and Professional Success: The Dilemma of Women Doctors in Late Nineteenth-Century America --
The Tender Technicians: The Feminization of Public Librarianship, 1876–1905 --
Women in the Professions: A Research Agenda for American Historians --
Self-Assertion and Social Commitment: The Significance of Work to the Progressive Era’s New Woman
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9783110979091
9783110635867
DOI:10.1515/9783110979091
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Nancy F. Cott.