Alice Hamilton


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Noun1.Alice Hamilton - United States toxicologist known for her work on industrial poisons (1869-1970)
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Nickels received numerous awards for her work, including the Health and Medicine Policy Research Group's Lifetime Achievement Award for Worker Safety, Health and Justice, and NIOSH's Alice Hamilton Award.
Alice Hamilton, founder of occupational medicine and author of the first texts devoted to the subject.
Women in Chemistry follows the same pattern and includes Alice Hamilton, Maud Menten, and Darleane Hoffman.
Alice Hamilton Peace and Freedom Award, given by New Haven County WILPF, Anna Aschenbach suffered a stroke, and died the next day; she was 88.
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(from left) a brightly-lit German sweet stall manned by Ksenia Ivanova, traditional German toys and Alice Hamilton selling hats.
Mother Jones, Alice Hamilton and Delores Heurta worked to protect workers' rights and their health; and Frances Perkins, the first female cabinet member worked within the government to create legal protections for workers.
Alice Hamilton came from a family of wealth, but she disdained the social milieu and chose instead to focus on education, charity, and work.
Zinsser was in tune with Edsall's social views; despite internal opposition, the dean had appointed Alice Hamilton (1869-1970), a pioneer of industrial medicine, first woman assistant professor, not only in the medical school but in all of Harvard University (10).
Alice Hamilton, a pioneer in detecting industrially caused diseases?
He understood the importance of strengthening workers by building new institutions--from OSHA to the Alice Hamilton College, a school without walis for workers--and forging new alliances.
In 1991 he established Alice Hamilton College, specifically designed for union members.