The Grenfell Medical Mission (Volume 49) (McGill-Queen's Associated Medical Services Studies in the History of Medicine, Health, and Society) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0773554874 ISBN 13: 9780773554870

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2018

Synopsis

Dr Wilfred Grenfell, physician and folk hero, recruited thousands of volunteer workers for his Newfoundland and Labrador seamen's mission, many of them Americans from Ivy League institutions. As the medical mission grew to become the International Grenfell Association, establishing institutions along the Labrador and northern Newfoundland coasts, Americans also became resident staff leaders in the region, and Grenfell himself married an American, Anne MacClanahan, who led mission activities. The Grenfell Medical Mission and American Support in Newfoundland and Labrador, 1890s-1940s reveals the nature and extent of support from Americans throughout the distributed privately run social enterprise until the 1940s, before the region joined Canada. Essays explore the organization's claims to share an Anglo-Saxon heritage with the United States, American reaction to its financial scandal and creation of an incorporated association, its promotion of sport and masculinity, and the development of education and schools in the region and the mission. The organization's strong ties to the United States are exemplified by Grenfell's friendship with American physician John Harvey Kellogg; the donation of clothing from American donors; the work of one American woman on her affiliated mission unit; the impact of American philanthropy and training on the construction of the mission's main hospital in St Anthony; and the superior American-accredited health care facilities and their clinical achievements. From its corporate base in New York City, the International Grenfell Association blended contemporary social movements and adopted American notions of philanthropy. The Grenfell Medical Mission and American Support in Newfoundland and Labrador, 1890s-1940s offers the first thorough history of an iconic health and social organization in Atlantic Canada.

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About the Author

Jennifer J. Connor is professor of medical humanities in the Faculty of Medicine, cross-appointed as professor of history, at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Katherine Side is professor in the Department of Gender Studies, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Review

"The Grenfell Mission has immense historical significance, and the varied approaches of the contributing authors combine in this volume to provide a thorough and highly original treatment." John G. Reid, Saint Mary's University

About this edition

• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0773554874
• ISBN 13: 9780773554870
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 408
• Editor: Connor Jennifer J., Side Katherine