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Proving The Proverbial Gadfly: Situating The Historical And Racial Context Of Southern Medical Works By Mary Louise Marshall, Aidybert Weeks
Proving The Proverbial Gadfly: Situating The Historical And Racial Context Of Southern Medical Works By Mary Louise Marshall, Aidybert Weeks
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Health sciences librarianship has historically benefited from avoiding critical conversations around the role of race in the profession, reflected through a select few number of articles on the topic. The purpose of this study was to add to this body of literature and apply a critical librarianship framework on the early scholarly record of health sciences librarianship and the legacy of integration within the Medical Library Association (MLA). Three Southern medical works and the integration views of Mary Louise Marshall, the longest-serving president of MLA from 1941 to 1946, were thematically and textually analyzed to redress the profession’s long-standing legacy …