Medical Women: Two Essays

Chapter 2: I. Medicine as a Profession for Women.

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Two essays argue for admitting women to the medical profession and for their proper scientific education. The author disputes appeals to nature and custom, contending that caregiving tendencies and domestic practice indicate women's aptitude for clinical work and that nursing should not be their sole domain. The pieces examine social and institutional obstacles, specify the kinds of instruction and clinical access required, and urge legal and educational reform to allow women to study and practise as qualified physicians, while stressing individual liberty, rigorous professional standards, and respect for patients' dignity.

I.
Medicine as a Profession for Women.
REPRINTED, WITH LARGE ADDITIONS,
FROM “WOMAN’S WORK AND WOMAN’S CULTURE.”

“We deny the right of any portion of the species to decide for another portion, or any individual for another individual, what is and what is not their ‘proper sphere.’ The proper sphere for all human beings is the largest and highest which they are able to attain to. What this is cannot be ascertained without complete liberty of choice.”—Mrs J. S. Mill.

Medical Women: Two Essays

About This Book

I. Medicine as a Profession for Women. REPRINTED, WITH LARGE ADDITIONS, FROM “WOMAN’S WORK AND WOMAN’S CULTURE.”

I.
Medicine as a Profession for Women.
REPRINTED, WITH LARGE ADDITIONS,
FROM “WOMAN’S WORK AND WOMAN’S CULTURE.”