- Amalie Kass
Amalie M. Kass (born 1928) is an American historian.
She was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland where she attended Forest Park High School. She attended
Wellesley College and graduated in 1949, with high honors in history and is a member of phi beta kappa. She received her Masters in Education in 1963 fromBoston University .Books and Articles
Author of two medical biographies
# Midwifery and Medicine in Boston: Walter Channing, M.D., 1786-1876 [http://www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/2002/01.10/05-kass.html Harvard Gazette: Channing the younger ] ] [http://books.google.com/books?id=aaAQAAAACAAJ&dq=Midwifery+and+Medicine+in+Boston:+Walter+Channing,+M.D.,+1786-1876]
# Perfecting the World: The Life and Times of Thomas Hodgkin, MD (co-author) [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE3D6163AF93BA2575AC0A96E948260 RIGHTEOUS BUT GOOD - New York Times ] ] [http://books.google.com/books?id=jk6YAAAACAAJ&dq=Perfecting+the+World:+The+Life+and+Times+of+Dr.+Thomas+Hodgkin+1798-1866]Author of numerous journal articles and encyclopedic entries including
# [http://www.channing.harvard.edu/kass.htm A Brief History of the Channing Laboratory]
# [http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/mhr/1/kass.html My brother preaches, I practice Walter Channing, M.D., Antebellum Obstetrician]
# [http://www.harvardmagazine.com/2004/03/walter-channing.html Walter Channing Brief life of a nineteenth-century obstetrician 1786-1876]Professional Work
Associate Editor, Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences (1996)
Lecturer on the History of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School (1991)Research Associate,
Countway Library of Medicine ,Harvard Medical School (1982)History Teacher, Newton High School and
Newton South High School (1963-1979)Major Volunteer Activities
President of the
Massachusetts Historical Society (2002 – ).Lincoln Rural Land Foundation Trustee (200? - present)
Wellesley College Trustee (1992–2007)
President of the Women’s Institute for Housing and Economic Development
References
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