Reminiscences of Estelle Ramey : oral history, 1980.

Biographical Note

Endocrinologist.

Scope and Contents

Childhood in Detroit, Michigan; Brooklyn College, 1933-37; graduate school, Columbia University, University of Chicago; marriage to James T. Ramey; physical chemistry instructor, Queens College; assistant professor, department of physiology, University of Chicago Medical School; neurophysiology professor, Georgetown University Medical School; involvement in feminist movement, Association for Women in Science, president, founding of Association for Women in Science Educational Foundation; research on life expectancies; debates over effects of hormonal imbalances, use of hormones in medical treatment; gender and stress management; societal impact on views of specific gender roles.

Subjects

• Endocrinologists--Interviews.
• Endocrinology.
• Hormones, Sex.
• Hormones--Research.
• Interviews.
• Jessup, Frederick Peterson, 1920-2005, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Life expectancy.
• Neurophysiology.
• Oral histories.
• Ramey, Estelle R.
• Sex discrimination.
• Women's rights.
• Women scientists.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1988.