The Education of Alice Hamilton

From Fort Wayne to Harvard

Matthew C. Ringenberg, William C. Ringenberg, Joseph D. Brain (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

166 Seiten

2019
Indiana University Press (Verlag)
978-0-253-04399-3 (ISBN)

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As the founder of the Occupational Safety and Health Act and the first woman faculty member of Harvard University, Alice Hamilton will be remembered for her contributions to public health and her remarkable career. Born and raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Hamilton attended several medical schools contributing to her lifelong dedication to learning. Focusing on the investigation of the health and safety conditions – or rather lack thereof – in the nation's factories and mines during the second decade of the twentieth century, her discoveries led to factory and mine level-initiated reforms, and to city, state, and federal reform legislation. It also led to a greater recognition in the nation's universities for formal academic programs in industrial and public health. In 1919 the Harvard officials considered Hamilton the best qualified person in the country to lead their effort in this area. The Education of Alice Hamilton is an inspiring story of a woman dedicated to erudition and helping others.

Matthew C. Ringenberg is a Chair and Associate Professor of Social Work at Valparaiso University. William C. Ringenberg is partially retired as a professor emeritus of History at Taylor University. Joseph Brain is the Cecil and Phillip Drinker Professor of Environmental Physiology in the Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

List of Tables

Preface

Brief Educational Biography

1. Prologue: Alice Hamilton Arrives at Harvard

2. Early Informal Education

3. Learning in Transition to Adulthood

4. Medical Schools

5. Learning Self Confidence at Hull House

6. Investigating the Dangerous Trades

7. The Scientist as Social Scientist

8. Epilogue: The Senior as a Public Intellectual

9. A Photographic Memoir

Bibliography: Wilma R. Slaight Bibliography of the Writings of Alice Hamilton

Erscheinungsdatum	30.10.2018
Verlagsort	Bloomington, IN
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	181 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
	Wirtschaft
ISBN-10	0-253-04399-9 / 0253043999
ISBN-13	978-0-253-04399-3 / 9780253043993
Zustand	Neuware