Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America’s Women PhysiciansBack to Events
This traveling exhibition tells the remarkable story of how women struggled for the right to study in medical schools and to practice medicine in the United States. “Changing the Face of Medicine” begins with Elizabeth Blackwell, who became the first American woman physician in 1849, and ends with women doctors today, who have achieved success in work once considered “unsuitable” for a woman. Among them are Antonia Novello, the first woman Surgeon General of the United States, and Lori Arviso Alvord, a Navajo physician who incorporates elements of traditional healing in her practice. Woman are now represented in every area of medicine—they are researchers on the cutting edge of new medical discoveries, educators, surgeons, family practitioners, specialists, and government officials. The traveling exhibition “Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America’s Women Physicians” was developed by the Exhibition Program of the History of Medicine Division of the National Library of Medicine in collaboration with the American Library Association Public Programs Office. The traveling exhibition has been made possible by the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health Office of Research on Women’s Health. The American Medical Women’s Association provided additional support.
General Information
| Event Category: |
Art & Museum Exhibits |
| Price: |
Free |
| Dates & Times: |
Wednesday, November 25th to Sunday, January 24th 2010 | Open during regular business hours |
| Artist/Group: |
Wichita Public Library |
| Website: |
http://www.wichita.lib.ks.us |
Venue Information
| Venue: |
Wichita Public Library - Central Branch |
| Address: |
223 South Main
Wichita, KS 67202
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| Telephone: |
(316) 261-8500 |
| Contact Email: |
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| Website: |
http://www.wichita.lib.ks.us |
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