A Woman's Quest: The life of Marie E. Zakrzewska, M.D.Zakrzewska, Marie E. (Marie Elizabeth)
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A Woman's Quest: The life of Marie E. Zakrzewska, M.D.
Zakrzewska, Marie E. (Marie Elizabeth)
Women physicians -- United States -- Biography; Zakrzewska, Marie E. (Marie Elizabeth), 1829-1902
VI. After regular course receives diploma
from School for Midwives and becomes
assistant teacher in the Royal
Hospital Charité 35-45
VII. Is appointed _Accoucheuse en chef_ and
succeeds Dr. Schmidt as teacher of
midwifery 46-54
VIII. Resigns her position 55-65
IX. Decides to go to America to help
establish a woman’s hospital, her
thoughts turned to Philadelphia 66-72
NEW YORK
X. Impressions and experiences on landing--Unable
to go to Philadelphia
or to establish a practice in New
York, she builds up a business in
fancy goods 73-91
XI. Social relations 92-98
XII. Meets Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell 99-106
XIII. Goes to Cleveland Medical School to
acquire the title of M.D. 107-119
CLEVELAND
XIV. Difficulties encountered by women
medical students in Cleveland,
Philadelphia, Boston, Edinburgh
(Scotland) 120-131
XV. Dr. Harriot K. Hunt’s attempt to
study at Harvard Medical School
and her practice in Boston 132-143
XVI. First visit to Boston--Meets many
noted men and women 144-158
XVII. An interesting week-end near Cleveland--Meets
Ralph Waldo Emerson--Receives
the degree of M.D. 159-175
NEW YORK
XVIII. Impossible for a woman physician to
rent an office or to be admitted for
study to a hospital or dispensary--Visits
Boston to ask money to
open the New York Infirmary for
Women and Children--Visit to
Philadelphia determines the building
of the Woman’s Hospital there 176-194
XIX. Frequent guest at the variety of social
“circles” then existing in New
York 195-208
XX. Opening of the New York Infirmary
wards and dispensary, with Dr.
Zakrzewska as resident physician
and superintendent--Mobbing of
the Infirmary following death of a
patient 209-219
XXI. Incident of Dr. J. Marion Sims--Second
mobbing of the Infirmary--First
attempt at establishing a
training school for nurses 220-234
BOSTON
XXII. Removes to Boston to become professor
of obstetrics in the New England
Female Medical College and
to establish a hospital department 235-242
XXIII. Meets opposition in her attempts to
elevate the standards of the college 243-258
XXIV. Her “Introductory Lecture” 259-270
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