Events for April 30, 2008
April 30, 2008
Symposium: Medical History as Personal Experience
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Location: Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, 3420 Walnut Street
Symposium: 2:00 - 4:30 p.m., Class of ‘55 Room, 2nd Floor
Reception and Display: 5:00 - 6:30 p.m., Rosenwald Gallery and Lea Library, 6th Floor,
Information: jpollack@upenn.edu or 215-898-7088
Distinguished faculty, practitioners, and students will share their experiences as teachers, researchers, and activists in the health field. Speakers include Dr. Rosemary Stevens, Dr. Keith Walloo, Dr. Fitzhugh Mullan, Malika McCray, and Merlin Chowkwanyun. The symposium will be moderated by Dr. Ruth Cowan (Penn History and Sociology of Science) and followed by a reception and viewing of “Treasures from the U.S. Health Activism History Collection.” This display, comprising items donated by Dr. Walter J. Lear, will be on view in the Rosenwald Gallery through May 3.
April 30, 2008
Beth Linker, Ph.D., Department of History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania
“(Wo)manly Workers: Gender and Rehabilitation in World War I”
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Time: 12:15 p.m.
Place: 3R Conference Room, Claire Fagin Hall
World War I Rehabilitators contended that the conventional Victorian notion of womanhood—defined as a nurturing mother-type figure—would be dangerous to the rehabilitation movement, for such a woman might pamper the disabled man, diminishing his will to work. The ideal woman, according to one rehabilitator, would instead exert a “firm but kindly discipline” over disabled men to get them to the point of self-sufficiency. This paper will explore both how female medical aids (physical therapists, occupational therapists, and nurses) and rehabilitating soldiers reacted to this demand.