“Feminine Invasion”: Women and Philippine Pharmacy in the Early Twentieth Century

Originally a male-exclusive profession in the nineteenth century, Philippine pharmacy became the domain of women in the early twentieth century. This sea change occurred as educational institutions began to cater to women’s career aspiration in pharmacy and especially after the US colonial school sy...

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Main Author: Nery, Leo Angelo;
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Published: Archīum Ateneo 2018
Online Access:https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol66/iss2/2
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.phstudies-42902024-08-07T03:42:03Z “Feminine Invasion”: Women and Philippine Pharmacy in the Early Twentieth Century Nery, Leo Angelo; Originally a male-exclusive profession in the nineteenth century, Philippine pharmacy became the domain of women in the early twentieth century. This sea change occurred as educational institutions began to cater to women’s career aspiration in pharmacy and especially after the US colonial school system introduced domestic science as a mandatory subject for girls, many of whom pursued pharmacy education in college. Women pharmacists set up retail drugstores in or near their residences, indicating pharmacy’s compatibility with women’s home-based roles. A contribution to gender history, thisarticle shows that women actively challenged extant gender boundaries, which helped dismantle male exclusivity in other fields.KEYWORDS: FEMINIZATION • PHARMACY • PUBLIC HEALTH •WOMEN • GENDER STUDIES 2018-06-11T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol66/iss2/2 info:doi/10.13185/2244-1638.4290 https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/phstudies/article/4290/viewcontent/6400.pdf Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints Archīum Ateneo
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description Originally a male-exclusive profession in the nineteenth century, Philippine pharmacy became the domain of women in the early twentieth century. This sea change occurred as educational institutions began to cater to women’s career aspiration in pharmacy and especially after the US colonial school system introduced domestic science as a mandatory subject for girls, many of whom pursued pharmacy education in college. Women pharmacists set up retail drugstores in or near their residences, indicating pharmacy’s compatibility with women’s home-based roles. A contribution to gender history, thisarticle shows that women actively challenged extant gender boundaries, which helped dismantle male exclusivity in other fields.KEYWORDS: FEMINIZATION • PHARMACY • PUBLIC HEALTH •WOMEN • GENDER STUDIES
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title_fullStr “Feminine Invasion”: Women and Philippine Pharmacy in the Early Twentieth Century
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