Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women

Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women
Author: Elizabeth Blackwell
Publisher:
Total Pages: 290
Release: 1895
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Elizabeth Blackwell, though born in England, was reared in the United States and was the first woman to receive a medical degree here, obtaining it from the Geneva Medical College, Geneva, New York, in 1849. A pioneer in opening the medical profession to women, she founded hospitals and medical schools for women in both the United States and England. She was a lecturer and writer as well as an able physician and organizer. -- H.W. Orr.

Forty Years of 'Spy,'

Forty Years of 'Spy,'
Author: Sir Leslie Ward
Publisher: Castrovilli Giuseppe
Total Pages: 530
Release: 1915
Genre: Artists
ISBN:

The author reflects on the notable people he met during his career as a caricaturist and portrait artist, including his work for Vanity Fair. Using the pseudonym "Spy," he published over 1300 portraits in the magazine.

A Companion to Art Theory

A Companion to Art Theory
Author: Paul Smith
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 552
Release: 2008-04-15
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0470998423

The Companion provides an accessible critical survey of Western visual art theory from sources in Classical, Medieval and Renaissance thought through to contemporary writings.

Pushing to the Front

Pushing to the Front
Author: Orison Swett Marden
Publisher:
Total Pages: 650
Release: 1917
Genre: Self-realization
ISBN:

"The book tells how men and women have seized common occasions and made them great; it tells of those of average ability who have succeeded by the use of ordinary means, by dint of indomitable will and inflexible purpose. It tells how poverty and hardship have rocked the cradle of the giants of the race. The book points out that most people do not utilize a large part of their effort because their mental attitude does not correspond with their endeavor, so that although working for one thing, they are really expecting something else; and it is what we expect that we tend to get."--Manybooks website

Anglo-Saxon Attitudes

Anglo-Saxon Attitudes
Author: Angus Wilson
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2011-11-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0571280862

'Angus Wilson is one of the most enjoyable novelists of the 20th century... Anglo-Saxon Attitudes (1956) analyses a wide range of British society in a complicated plot that offers all the pleasures of detective fiction combined with a steady and humane insight.' Margaret Drabble First published in 1956, Anglo-Saxon Attitudes draws upon perhaps the most famous archaeological hoax in history: the 'Piltdown Man', finally exposed in 1953. The novel's protagonist is Gerald Middleton, professor of early medieval history and taciturn creature of habit. Separated from his Swedish wife, Gerald is increasingly conscious of his failings. Moreover, some years ago he was involved in an excavation that led to the discovery of a grotesque idol in the tomb of Bishop Eorpwald. The sole survivor of the original excavation party, Gerald harbours a potentially ruinous secret...