I’m starting a new research project, one that I hope will lead to a published paper on Fighting for Life, a 1939 autobiography by physician and vanguard public health official Sara Josephine Baker. My first step in this process is presenting my work at…
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Framing a Professional, Medical Identity in Fighting for Life
Tagged with: autobiography, gender, identity, medical humanities, new york city, professional identity, public health, scholarship, writing
Posted in Blogging My Research, Creative Non-Fiction, Lifewriting, Medical Humanities
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Sara Josephine Baker’s Autobiography, Fighting for Life
In December, I read a review in the New York Times about Fighting for Life, a 1939 autobiography by Sara Josephine Baker that recently was re-released. A medical doctor and New York City public health official, Baker is said to have saved “90,000 babies.” I…
Tagged with: autobiography, gender, identity, medical humanities, new york city, professional identity, public health, scholarship, writing
Posted in Blogging My Research, Books, Lifewriting, Medical Humanities
Posted in Blogging My Research, Books, Lifewriting, Medical Humanities
The Ambulant Scholar 