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Alice Hamilton (1869-1970)

Subject: Hamilton, Alice 1869-1970

       Harvard Medical School

       University of Michigan

       Hull-House (Chicago, Ill.)

 

Type: Black-and-White Prints

 

Topic: Industrial hygiene

     Women scientists

     Bacteriology

 

Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA-SIA2008-3287]

 

Summary: An expert in occupational health issues, Dr. Alice Hamilton (1869-1970) was Assistant Professor of Industrial Medicine, Harvard Medical School. After graduating from the University of Michigan, Hamilton did additional research in Germany and then began a lifelong effort to apply bacteriology, pharmacology, and toxicology to public health. She worked briefly at Hull House in Chicago and in 1919 became the first woman on the faculty of the Harvard Medical School, remaining at Harvard until her retirement in 1935.

 

Cite as: Acc. 90-105 - Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970s, Smithsonian Institution Archives

 

Persistent URL:Link to data base record

 

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives

 

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