123rd Annual Meeting (January 2 - 5, 2009): Gender and Knowledge at the Crossroads: Creating Medical Authority in Early Modern England

AHA Session 172
North American Conference on British Studies 2

Sunday, January 4, 2009: 2:30 PM-4:30 PM

Gibson Suite (Hilton New York)

Chair:

Pamela H. Smith, Columbia University

Commentator:

Deborah E. Harkness, University of Southern California

Gendering Enlightenment: Sarah Stone, William Cadogan, and the Politics of Maternity
Mary Fissell, Johns Hopkins University

Social Networks, Social Authority, and Early Modern Midwifery
Samuel S. Thomas, University of Alabama at Huntsville

The Incomparable Lady Ranelagh: Medicine, Authority, and the Older, Smarter Sister of Robert Boyle
Carol Pal, Bennington College

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