Oregon's Doctor to the World

Oregon's Doctor to the World
Author :
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Total Pages : 362
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780295804408
ISBN-13 : 0295804408
Rating : 4/5 (408 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Oregon's Doctor to the World by : Kimberly Jensen

Download or read book Oregon's Doctor to the World written by Kimberly Jensen and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Esther Clayson Pohl Lovejoy, whose long life stretched from 1869 to 1967, challenged convention from the time she was a young girl. Her professional life began as one of Oregon's earliest women physicians, and her commitment to public health and medical relief took her into the international arena, where she was chair of the American Women's Hospitals after World War I and the first president of the Medical Women's International Association. Most disease, suffering, and death, she believed, were the result of wars and social and economic inequities, and she was determined to combat those conditions through organized action. Lovejoy's early life and career in the Pacific Northwest gave her key experiences and strategies to use for what she termed "constructive resistance," the ability to take effective action against unjust power. She took a political and pragmatic approach to what she called "woman's big job"-achieving a full female citizenship-and emphasized the importance of votes for women. In this engaging biography, Kimberly Jensen tells the story of this important western woman, exploring her approach to politics, health, and society and her civic, economic, and medical activism. Watch the book trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blyfLWnCTV0


Oregon's Doctor to the World Related Books

Oregon's Doctor to the World
Language: en
Pages: 362
Authors: Kimberly Jensen
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-12-01 - Publisher: University of Washington Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Esther Clayson Pohl Lovejoy, whose long life stretched from 1869 to 1967, challenged convention from the time she was a young girl. Her professional life began
The Doctor in Oregon
Language: en
Pages: 720
Authors: Olof Larsell
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-09 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Frontier Doctor
Language: en
Pages: 284
Authors: Urling Campbell Coe
Categories: Americana
Type: BOOK - Published: 1940 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Describes the author's thirteen-year residency in frontier Oregon, detailing a young physician's experiences in childbirthing, epidemics, fractures, unwanted pr
The Oregon Story
Language: en
Pages:
Authors: Oregon Public Broadcasting
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Focuses on the rich past, troubled present, and uncertain future of one of Oregon's oldest industries.
The Inevitable
Language: en
Pages: 283
Authors: Katie Engelhart
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-03-02 - Publisher: St. Martin's Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

“A remarkably nuanced, empathetic, and well-crafted work of journalism, [The Inevitable] explores what might be called the right-to-die underground, a world o