Brackney, Gail Louise2023-03-092023-03-091990https://hdl.handle.net/2097/42935Female physicians in the nineteenth century faced opposition from the medical profession and from societal norms that dictated specified roles for females in Victorian society. Females who practiced medicine in Kansas struggled with these problems which were manifest nationwide. They clung to traditional therapeutics compatible with their domestic role extended into the public sphere. The advent of new bacteriological principals seemed to contradict the justification women's place in medicine. Six female physicians were selected for this study to represent practitioners within the state. Their medical education patterns reflect the overall pattern in the state, and their practices spanned the years of the study, 1880 to 1910. Chosen for the study were Dr. Deborah K. Longshore, Dr. Maggie McCrea, Dr. Ida Barnes, Dr. Frances Storrs, Dr. Sara Greenfield, and Dr. Frances Harper. . .en-USThis Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Thesis