It was not untl the 19th and 20th centuries that women were accepted as full fledged doctors. History goes to show that women back then were not really fully accepted as doctors. The only real thing that was close to being a doctor that women were accepted doing was midwifery. Even though after some research showed that most deaths after birth accured because the midwifes really did not have any knowledge or education about the matter before hand. Even after this statement came out women were still never really accepted or allowed to be involved in any kind of medical training process. The only place where women were really accepted into medical training or even recongnized as doctors was in Italy(Health Guidance).
For a good part of history a license to practice medicine was not required like it is today. People were allowed to practice medicine, the only catch to it was if people actaully allowed you to be their doctor(Health Guidance). That is what kept you open not whether you have a license like it is in today's world. It was only in the 14th century that it became manditory that you had to take and exam to preactice medicie and it seemed like it was equal so that both men and women were allowed to take the test. By the end of the 14th century there were fifteen licensed femal physicians and in the 15th century that number continued to go up but only because the emperor made it manditory for women to help treat the people who were. The emperor said that the male physicians were to bust to deal with such people that they were seeing people who were more important or people who had a more serious case(Health Guidance).
There was one doctor who worked for the British amry and went by the name of Dr. James Barry. He was a well known surgeon for fifty years. He was known for his attitude and having an aggressive manner. No one ever would have doubted him even though he was short in height and he had a squeky voice and no one ever once saw a single hair on his face. When James Barry died there was an autospy done only to find that James Barry was actually a women. The British medical association and the war department were so embarrassed that they did not want anyone besides them to find out so the findings of the autopsy were hidden and Barry was offically burried as a man(Health Guidance).
In America the medical schools eventually all opened up to letting women in. The next challenge would be women being able to get actaul jobs. Even though medical schools were all starting to accept women they still needed the help of men to do it. The first medical school for women was in Pennsylvania and it was only because Quaker men and other men in medicine decided to help out(Health Guidance). Since there were so little women doctors men had to be the ones to make up the faculty memebers because they were the only ones with experience(Health Guidance). These men that made up the faculty had to be brave strong men because other people they worked with did not see them as doing a good thing. The idea of a medical school just for women was not yet an idea that was all around accepted by everyone in society and especially not everyone in the medical society.
Even though other university schools were slow with the letting in of females eventually thrity five schools had finally fully allowed females to apply and to be accepted. After more and more schools started letting women in without any objections it became less and less necessary for medical school just for women(Health Guidance). Even though schools were starting to let women in the people and the societies of America were not so accepting as women being doctors. Men as doctors had been all the people had really known for such a long time that the people of America were not up for the changing of this traditions. Even once the women got out of medical and passed all of their exams that still did not mean that them getting a job as a physician was going to happen. If you could not find a place that was allowing women to work there and actually had customers who were willing to let a women be there doctor.
It was a long hard struggle for women to first overcome the battle of atually being accepted into a medical school that would allow women in at all. Then they had to go out there and face the real world of actually finding somewhere that will let you work there and practice medicine. You also had a hard time finding people who would even allow you to be their doctor. It was a struggle but finally by the 19th and 20th centuries everything let up and it became more acceptable for women to practice medicine.
For a good part of history a license to practice medicine was not required like it is today. People were allowed to practice medicine, the only catch to it was if people actaully allowed you to be their doctor(Health Guidance). That is what kept you open not whether you have a license like it is in today's world. It was only in the 14th century that it became manditory that you had to take and exam to preactice medicie and it seemed like it was equal so that both men and women were allowed to take the test. By the end of the 14th century there were fifteen licensed femal physicians and in the 15th century that number continued to go up but only because the emperor made it manditory for women to help treat the people who were. The emperor said that the male physicians were to bust to deal with such people that they were seeing people who were more important or people who had a more serious case(Health Guidance).
There was one doctor who worked for the British amry and went by the name of Dr. James Barry. He was a well known surgeon for fifty years. He was known for his attitude and having an aggressive manner. No one ever would have doubted him even though he was short in height and he had a squeky voice and no one ever once saw a single hair on his face. When James Barry died there was an autospy done only to find that James Barry was actually a women. The British medical association and the war department were so embarrassed that they did not want anyone besides them to find out so the findings of the autopsy were hidden and Barry was offically burried as a man(Health Guidance).
In America the medical schools eventually all opened up to letting women in. The next challenge would be women being able to get actaul jobs. Even though medical schools were all starting to accept women they still needed the help of men to do it. The first medical school for women was in Pennsylvania and it was only because Quaker men and other men in medicine decided to help out(Health Guidance). Since there were so little women doctors men had to be the ones to make up the faculty memebers because they were the only ones with experience(Health Guidance). These men that made up the faculty had to be brave strong men because other people they worked with did not see them as doing a good thing. The idea of a medical school just for women was not yet an idea that was all around accepted by everyone in society and especially not everyone in the medical society.
Even though other university schools were slow with the letting in of females eventually thrity five schools had finally fully allowed females to apply and to be accepted. After more and more schools started letting women in without any objections it became less and less necessary for medical school just for women(Health Guidance). Even though schools were starting to let women in the people and the societies of America were not so accepting as women being doctors. Men as doctors had been all the people had really known for such a long time that the people of America were not up for the changing of this traditions. Even once the women got out of medical and passed all of their exams that still did not mean that them getting a job as a physician was going to happen. If you could not find a place that was allowing women to work there and actually had customers who were willing to let a women be there doctor.
It was a long hard struggle for women to first overcome the battle of atually being accepted into a medical school that would allow women in at all. Then they had to go out there and face the real world of actually finding somewhere that will let you work there and practice medicine. You also had a hard time finding people who would even allow you to be their doctor. It was a struggle but finally by the 19th and 20th centuries everything let up and it became more acceptable for women to practice medicine.