Junctures in Women's Leadership : : Health Care and Public Health / / ed. by Mary E. O'Dowd, Ruth Charbonneau.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English
• MitwirkendeR: Arya, Akanksha,; Bartke, Alexander M.,; Bartke, Alexander,; Blake, Colleen,; Charbonneau, Ruth,; Chesnakov, Christina,; Clay, Carson,; Findley, Patricia A.,; Findley, Patricia,; Hill, Ann Marie,; Hoover, Elizabeth,; Howard, Heather,; Hunterdon-Anderson, Jacqueline,; Hunterton-Anderson, Jacqueline,; Ibitamuno, Grace,; Jeffers, Raquel Mazon,; O'Dowd, Mary E.,; O’Dowd, Mary E.,; Reed, Erica,; Rodgers, Denise V.,; Rodgers, Denise,; Ryan, Elizabeth A.,; Ryan, Elizabeth,; Tan, Christina,; Thomas, Dawn,; Wachter, Mary,; Willard, Suzanne,
• HerausgeberIn: Charbonneau, Ruth,; O'Dowd, Mary E.,
• Place / Publishing House: New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Junctures: Case Studies in Women's Leadership
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (292 p.) :; 13 b-w images

Junctures in Women’s Leadership: Health Care and Public Health offers an eclectic compilation of case studies telling the stories of women leaders in public health and health care, from Katsi Cook, Mohawk midwife, to Virginia Apgar, Katharine Dexter McCormick and Florence Schorske Wald, to Marilyn T...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Foreword to the Series
• New Foreword to the Series
• Preface
• Katsi Cook: “Research and Ceremonies and Healing Are an Empowerment Process”—a Mohawk Midwife Brings the Needs of Women into Environmental Health Research
• Mona Hanna-Attisha: Using Her Voice to Advocate for Environmental Justice in the City of Flint
• Katharine Dexter McCormick: Examining an Advocate’s Path—Advancing Women’s Reproductive Rights through Philanthropic Support for Oral Contraception Development
• Mary Engle Pennington: Transforming Food Safety with the Power of Persuasion and a Steadfast Commitment to Good Science and the Public’s Health
• Florence Schorske Wald: Standing by Her Principles— Not by a Title—to Bring Hospice to the United States
• Virginia Apgar: Focusing on Prevention, She Structurally Transformed Maternal and Child Health for Generations
• Marilyn Gaston: Changing the Face of Health Care through Research, Public Service, and Community Health
• Jane E. Brody: Using Journalism to Impact Personal Health, One Column at a Time
• Risa Lavizzo-Mourey: Leading the Nation to Adopt a Culture of Health
• Marilyn Tavenner: From Crashing Patients to Crashing Websites
• Ruth Williams-Brinkley: Facing Opportunities and Challenges at the Intersection of Community and Health Care
• Suerie Moon: Shaping the Governance of a Complex Global Health System to Achieve Equity
• Acknowledgments
• Contributors
• Index