Alter | 101 Jahre (verstorben) |
Beruf | Hochschullehrer |
Geburtsdatum | Samstag, 27. Februar 1869 |
Geburtsort | Manhattan, New York City, U.S. |
Todesdatum | Dienstag, 22. September 1970 |
Todesort | Hadlyme North Historic District |
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Beschreibung | Alice Hamilton war eine US-amerikanische Pathologin und Wegbereiterin für Sozialreformen sowie die erste Frau, die an der Harvard University lehrte. |
Every article I wrote in those days, every speech I made, is full of pleading for the recognition of lead poisoning as a real and serious medical problem.
When I talked to my medical friends about the strange silence on this subject in American medical magazines and textbooks, I gained the impression that here was a subject tainted with Socialism or with feminine sentimentality for the poor.
