In six pages this paper presents a historiographical oveview of female doctors within the comparative context of two books featuring women of medicine from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Two sources are cited in the bibliography.
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written. The author also puts a personal aspect on the subject that should be taken into consideration as well. This review is concerning two sources on women doctors;
one book is about a woman doctor of the 1800s and is reviewed and compared to a source about a women doctors of the 1990s. THE HISTORIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW This
model paper will help you, the student, write your own assignment by giving some examples of the type of information that might be found regarding the topic of the historigraphical
review. The topic chosen for this paper is women doctors. You should be sure to apply your information accordingly and expound upon it using this source as a model
only. The student is to take example from this model bibliography and, as above, draw from that when composing your own bibliography. ABOUT THE BOOKS The two sources chosen
for this historiographical review represent the differences and similarities faced by women doctors of two different centuries. Both emphasize the fact that women doctors have an inordinately more difficult
time being accepted than do male doctors. Amazingly, that much has not changed within the scope of a century. Dr. Mary Rowland, practicing medicine in the late 1800s
and early 1900s found it a particularly difficult career to pursue because of the prejudice against a woman doctor. She seems somewhat philosophical about it all because that is
what was expected in that time period. It was very unique indeed to have a woman doctor. At one point during her career Dr. Rowland discovered that a butchers
helper had some eruptions on his face. Examining these spots, she suspected smallpox and immediately had him quarantined and advised the butcher to quarantine his shop for some time