Re: BBB
BumbleBeeBoogie wrote:... large numbers of women entered medical school instead of nursing schools.
Large numbers of women entered medical school and Vet school, when discrimination based on gender ended. And of course, more American Indians, Afro-Americans and other minorities entered medical school, when affirmative action was instituted to increase the numbers of practicing physicians from these groups. At one time, very few med schools accepted women, and as a result woman-only medical schools were established.
Aside from discrimination against woman, please don't forget the overbearing discrimination against Jews, who tried to enter medical school. At one time, for example,the University of Illinois School of Medicine in Chicago had a quote for Jewish applicants, in order to control the number of Jewish MDs practicing primarily in the Chicago ( and Illinois ) areas.
Aside from discrimination against Jewish medical students, please don't forget the discrimination against Jewish doctors in cities such as Boston (!), where discrimination forced Jewish doctors to establish their own hospital ( Boston's Beth Israel )
As far as women in Veterinary medicine, their numbers increased dramatically when discrimination based on gender ended. It was long believed that woman should not be allowed to be Vets, because they couldn't carry or manage large animals (such as those found on farms). As a result of this discrimination, women were often unable to obtain internships in vet medicine and thus it was concluded that vet medical school was a waste of time, since woman vets couldn't even pratice what they had gone to school for...
