Library to host “Changing the Face of Medicine” traveling exhibition
Women
doctors are the focus of a new traveling exhibition coming to MCG’s
Greenblatt Library, March 8 to April 21.
“Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America’s Women Physicians” tells the story of how American women who wanted to practice medicine have struggled over the past two centuries to gain access to medical education and to work in the medical specialty they chose. An opening reception for the exhibit will be held March 14, at 2 p.m. in the Greenblatt Library.
Since the mid-1800s, when Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to earn an American medical degree, women have made enormous strides in every area of medicine and have achieved success in work once considered “unsuitable” for women. “Changing the Face of Medicine” features the life stories of a rich diversity of women physicians from around the nation and highlights the broad range of medical specialties women are involved in today.
MCG is proud to be one of only three sites in Georgia to host the exhibition organized by the National Library of Medicine; the American Library Association; the National Institutes of Health Office of Research on Women’s Health; and the American Medical Women’s Association. The traveling exhibition is based on a larger exhibition that was displayed at the NLM from 2003–2005.
“We are delighted to have been selected as a site for this exhibition,” Lisa Westrick, MCG historical collections archivist. “Although “Changing the Face of Medicine” focuses on women in medicine, its lessons about persistence, dedication and courage in one’s life choices speak to everyone—men and women and young adults—and to people in all lines of work.”
Two
interactive kiosks traveling with the exhibition offer access to the
exhibit’s Web site (www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine),
which includes biographies of outstanding women physicians including MCG
alumni Drs. Leila Denmark and Lois Ellison. Another section of the exhibit
called “Local Legends” (www.nlm.nih.gov/locallegends)
highlights outstanding women physicians from every state. The site offers
access to educational and professional resources for people considering
medicine as a career, as well as lesson plans for classroom activities. A
section of the Web site called “Share Your Story” allows the public to add
the names and biographies of women physicians they know.
The exhibition is free and open to the public during the library’s business hours, Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to midnight; Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sunday, noon to midnight.
For more information, contact Mrs. Westrick at ext. 1-3444 or lwestrick@mcg.edu.
Events celebrate exhibitionThe Greenblatt Library is sponsoring the following free programs in connection with the “Changing the Face of Medicine” exhibition:
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