Alice Hamilton (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Madeleine P. Grant
- First Published: 1967
- Time of Work: 1869–1965
- Setting: New York City; Fort Wayne, Indiana; Ann Arbor, Michigan; Boston; Chicago; Munich; and Hadlyme, Connecticut
- Principal Characters: Alice Hamilton, Edith Hamilton, Margaret, Norah, Jane Addams, Julia Lathrop, Katy
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Social action, Factories, Science or scientists, Doctors, Medicine, Health, Biography, Industrialization, Pacifism
- Locales: New York, NY, Boston, MA, Chicago, IL, Munich, Germany, Ann Arbor, MI, Fort Wayne, IN, Hadlyme, CT
Form and Content
In Alice Hamilton: Pioneer Doctor in Industrial Medicine, Madeleine P. Grant, who is also a scientist, presents a detailed account of the development of a physician, researcher, and concerned individual. The book is both a biographical account and a statement of Hamilton’s social and philosophical beliefs. Written in chronological order, the book describes Hamilton’s early family life, her education, and her medical research through the course of sixteen chapters.
Throughout the book, Grant intersperses factual accounts of major events in...
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