Suzanne Noël: Cosmetic Surgery, Feminism and Beauty in Early Twentieth-Century France PDF
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Suzanne noël: CoSmetiC Surgery, FeminiSm and Beauty in early twentieth-Century FranCe the history of medicine in Context Series editors: andrew Cunningham and ole Peter grell department of history and Philosophy of Science university of Cambridge department of history open university titles in the series include Wounds in the Middle Ages edited by anne Kirkham and Cordelia warr The One-Sex Body on Trial: The Classical and Early Modern Evidence helen King Ritual and Conflict: The Social Relations of Childbirth in Early Modern England adrian wilson Medical Consulting by Letter in France, 1665–1789 robert weston Female Patients in Early Modern Britain Gender, Diagnosis, and Treatment wendy d. Churchill Plague Hospitals Public Health for the City in Early Modern Venice Jane l. Stevens Crawshaw Suzanne noël: Cosmetic Surgery, Feminism and Beauty in early twentieth-Century France Paula J. martin Georgia Southwestern State University, USA © Paula J. martin 2014 all rights reserved. no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher. Paula J. martin has asserted her right under the Copyright, designs and Patents act, 1988, to be identified as the author of this work. Published by ashgate Publishing limited ashgate Publishing Company wey Court east 110 Cherry Street union road Suite 3-1 Farnham Burlington, Vt 05401-3818 Surrey, gu9 7Pt uSa england www.ashgate.com British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data a catalogue record for this book is available from the British library The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows: martin, Paula J., author. Suzanne noël : cosmetic surgery, feminism and beauty in early twentieth-century France / by Paula J. martin. pages cm. – (the history of medicine in context) includes bibliographical references and index. iSBn 978-1-4724-1188-4 (hardcover) – iSBn 978-1-4724-1189-1 (ebook) – iSBn 978-1-4724-1190-7 (epub) 1. noël, Suzanne, 1878-1954. 2. Surgery, Plastic –France – history – 20th century. 3. Feminine beauty (aesthetics) – history – 20th century. 4. Feminism – France – history – 20th century. i. title. rd119.m387 2014 617.9'520944–dc23 2013051055 iSBn 9781472411884 (hbk) iSBn 9781472411891 (ebk – PdF) iSBn 9781472411907 (ebk – ePuB) V To Heather and Zane, of course This page has been left blank intentionally Contents List of Illustrations ix List of Abbreviations xi Introduction 1 1 La Belle Époque: Paris, Medical School and a Young Suzanne Noël (1878–1914) 5 2 Personal Disasters, World War I, and “Broken Faces” (1914–1930) 23 3 Cosmetic Surgery: “A Boon to Women” in a French Beauty Culture 35 4 Suzanne: Liberal Feminist, and Yet Politely Radical 59 5 Suzanne Noël, Godmother of Soroptimist International 73 6 A Female Plastic Surgeon and Innovative Pioneer 87 7 Noël’s Legacy: A Life Dedicated to Others 121 Appendices 131 Bibliography 139 Index 153 This page has been left blank intentionally List of Illustrations 1.1 Suzanne and Henry Pertat’s wedding, January 1897 (Courtesy of Soroptimist International). 9 1.2 Suzanne’s class photo in 1913, from author’s personal collection. 18 1.3 André Noël’s class photo in 1913, from author’s personal collection. 19 2.1 Suzanne’s drawing of her work on the douche filiforme, 1929 from La Clinique. 29 6.1 Suzanne working at her desk in the apartment on rue Charles Floquet (Courtesy of Soroptimist International). 88 6.2 Diagram of Suzanne’s face-lifting procedure, from La Chirurgie Esthétique, 1926. 95 6.3 Suzanne’s neck-lifting procedure, from La Chirurgie Esthétique, 1926. 97 6.4 Suzanne Noël’s surgery to correct baggy eyes, from La Chirurgie Esthétique, 1926. 98 6.5 Suzanne Noël operating without gloves, from La Chirurgie Esthétique, 1926. 116
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