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SYMHC Classics: Alice Hamilton and Occupational Medicine

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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Occupational Safety and Health - Alice B. Hamilton

In 19 forty three, she wrote her autobiography exploring the dangerous trades. She revised her text book, indu al toxicology in 19 forty nine, when she was 80. As joseph mc carthy stirred up the second red scare in the late forties ind early fifties, she spoke out against it. That activism continued into her nineties, when she wrote to president kennedy to urge him to get american troops out of v nam. On february 20 seventh 19 69, hamilton celebrated her one hundredth birthday the following year. Three months after her death, on december 20 ninth 19 70, the occupational safety and health act of 19 70 became

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