Hearts of Wisdom: American Women Caring for Kin, 1850-1940

by Emily K. Abel

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The image of the female caregiver holding a midnight vigil at the bedside of a sick relative is so firmly rooted in our collective imagination we might assume that such caregiving would have attracted the scrutiny of numerous historians. As Emily Abel demonstrates in this groundbreaking study of caregiving in America across class and ethnic divides and over the course of ninety years, this has hardly been the case.

While caring for sick...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0674010159

ISBN13:9780674010154

Release Date:September 2002

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Length:336 Pages

Weight:1.12 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 5.7" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Administration & Medicine Economics Administration & Policy Allied Health Services Americas Caregiving Gender Studies General Health Care Delivery History Medical

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