Alice Hamilton
1869-1970
American Pathologist and Industrial Toxicologist
Alice Hamilton was a social crusader who fought for safe conditions in industry and for workers' compensation laws. She...
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Hamilton, Alice Workers' Advocate (1869–1970)
During the Progressive Era, Alice Hamilton became part of the revolution of thought about the causative factors of disease, explicitly linki...
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The American physician Alice Hamilton (1869-1970) is recognized as the founder of industrial medicine in the United States. She was the first woman on the faculty of Harvard Medical School.Alice Hamil...
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Alice Hamilton was a pioneer in correcting the medical problems caused by industrialization, awakening the country in the early twentieth century to the dangers of industrial poisons and hazardous wor...
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