The Feminine Touch

by Quinn, Thomas A.

• ISBN13: 9781935503132
• ISBN10: 1935503138
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-04-15
• Publisher: Pennsylvania State Univ Pr

Summary

In 1892, Andrew Taylor Still did the unimaginable when he accepted women and men equally in his newly opened American School of Osteopathy. Thomas Quinn, DO, showcases some of the valiant women who rose above adversity to become osteopathic doctors in those early years, and includes prominent women osteopathic physicians up to the present time. The stories of their fight against the inequality of the sexes in medicine are intertwined with the struggles of osteopathy to be accepted as a valid scientific practice, illuminating the innovative and determined individuals who helped osteopathic medicine develop into the flourishing profession it is today.

Author Biography

Thomas Quinn, DO, showcases some of the valiant women who rose above adversity to become osteopathic doctors in those early years, and includes prominent women osteopathic physicians up to the present time. The stories of their fight against the inequality of the sexes in medicine are intertwined with the struggles of osteopathy to be accepted as a valid scientific practice, illuminating the innovative and determined individuals who helped osteopathic medicine develop into the flourishing profession it is today.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Preface and Acknowledgments	p. xi
Women and Medical Education	p. 1
Women and the Founding of Osteopathic Medicine	p. 18
The Early Years of Osteopathy, 1895-1929	p. 42
The Middle Years of Osteopathic Medicine, 1930-1964	p. 81
The Modern Era of Osteopathic Medicine, 1965 to Present	p. 106
Women in Osteopathic Research	p. 130
Women Osteopathic Physicians in the Uniformed Services	p. 145
Osteopathic Nurses	p. 159
Women Influential to Osteopathic Medicine	p. 166
Glossary	p. 181
Works Cited	p. 185
About the Author	p. 194
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