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| Kate Campbell Hurd-Mead, 1867-1941: Doctor in Connecticut, Medical Woman of the World |
| Participants |
Toby A. APPEL, John R. Bumstead Librarian for Medical History |
| Project Type |
Paper / Presentation |
| Regional Focus |
Multiple Regions |
| Location |
America, North |
| Year |
2007, March 15 |
| Participating Institutions |
The College of Physicians of Philadelphia |
| Description |
Invited lecture at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, the annual Kate Hurd-Mead Lecture, on the topic of Hurd-Mead's work for the Medical Women's International Association, founded in 1919, and her attempt to write a history of women in medicine covering the world. |
| Notes |
Kate Campbell Hurd-Mead (1867-1941) was a Connecticut physician and a strong advocate for the role of women in medicine. She took an important role in organizing the international organization of women physicians, The Medical Women's International Association. As a historian of medicine she wrote A History of Women in Medicine From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century and drafted a second volume with chapters on women in medicine by country in the Eastern Hemisphere, including Europe, the Mideast, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. In her extensive travels with her husband, Professor William E. Mead of Wesleyan College, she met women doctors as far away as India, Japan, and China. |
| Links |
http://www.mwia.net/ |
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