Description: Foreword Frances K. Conley Introduction I. Historical and Theoretical Perspectives 1. Overview of Women Physicians in the United States Leah J. Dickstein 2. Leveling the Playing Field: A National Perspective on Sexism and Professional Development in Medicine Janet Bickel 3. Women's Programs at Medical Schools and Feminism: What is the Intersection? Delese Wear and Janet Bickel II. Training and Workplace Perspectives 4. Lighting Candles, Making Sparks, and Remembering Not To Forget Jacalyn Duffin 5. A Feminist in the Medical Academy: An Idealistic Pragmatist Account Mary B. Mahowald 6. Father Knows Best ...' Deborah L. Jones 7. A Black Woman in Medicine Dale G. Blackstock 8. The Feminization of Medicine Perri Klass 9. If the Suit Fits ... Kate H. Brown 10. Feminist Criticism in Literature and Medicine Delese Wear 11. Innovations in Residency Education: General Internal Medicine - Women's Health Residency Track Pamela Charney 12. Life as a Sheep in the Cow's Pasture Marian Gray Secundy III. Personal and Professional Identities 13. The Echo of My Mother's Footsteps Rebekah Wang-Cheng 14. How Medicine Tried to Make a Man Out of Me (And Failed, Finally) Lucy M. Candib 15. Moments of Becoming: After Virginia Woolf Beth Alexander 16. Special Armor Marjorie S. Sirridge References Contributors Index

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