Michael E. DeBakey Lecture in the History of Medicine - September 2023 - Mrs. Medicine: Doctors ’ Wives and the Making of Modern American Health Care

7th annual Michael E. DeBakey Lecture in the History of Medicine: Marrying a doctor was presented as an aspirational goal for many young women in the twentieth century United States. For those who succeeded in securing a physician husband, however, married life was often hard work. From fundraising for hospital construction to waging political campaigns to answering patients ’ phone calls, the doctor ’ s wife was an essential part of the growth of the American health care system as we know it. Drawing on a wide variety of NLM resources — particularly the publications of medical women ’ s auxiliary groups — this talk will argue that an understanding of marriage and domestic partnership has been an unfortunately neglected key element in our histories of medicine.Air date: 9/21/2023 2:00:00 PM
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