Encountering Maude Abbott

This paper explores the ways in which traditional approaches to biography have inscribed and reinforced gendered hierarchies in medicine. Like many other accomplished women, the life story of Canadian cardiologist Maude Abbott (1869-1940) has been told through narratives of constraint. For example,...

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Main Author: Annmarie Adams
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Lectito Journals 2018-09-01
Series:Feminist Encounters: A Journal of Critical Studies in Culture and Politics
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Online Access:http://www.lectitopublishing.nl/download/encountering-maude-abbott-3889.pdf