Women Physicians and the Suffrage Movement
Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: Women physicians have a long history of advocacy, dating to the 19th century women's suffrage movement. As history recounts the work of the suffragists, many women physicians bear mention. Some were leaders on the national scene, and others led suffrage efforts in their own state. In this article, we provide a snapshot of 7 prominent suffragists who were also physicians: Mary Edwards Walker, Mary Putnam Jacobi, Esther Pohl Lovejoy, Marie Equi, Mattie E. Coleman, Cora Smith Eaton, and Caroline E. Spencer. In sharing their stories, we hope to better understand some of the challenges and struggles of the suffrage movement and how their advocacy paved the way not only for women's voting rights but also the role of women physicians as advocates for change.
Source: The Permanente Journal
DOI: 10.7812/tpp/20.036
Institutions: University of California, San Francisco, University of Miami, Mayo Clinic, University of Louisville, Oregon Health & Science University, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Oakland University, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Los Angeles, Georgetown University
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3091859777