Summary of Judith Hoare's The Woman Who Cracked the Anxiety Code

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 Claire Weekes, in 1928, was the first woman to be awarded a Doctor of Science degree at the University of Sydney. She was aiming for a Rockefeller Fellowship to study in England after completing her PhD. She lost her footing and found herself in freefall.
#2 Weekes was one of the lucky ones, for the sanatorium doors opened after six months, and she was released. She was terrified and overwhelmed, and felt that she had a serious heart problem. She did not immediately return to university, but instead recuited with a friend in the country who was married to a doctor.
#3 Weekes’ experience with fear led her to become a doctor who specialized in anxiety disorders. She never forgot the doctor who had misdiagnosed her with tuberculosis, a devastating medical error given the consequences.

Sujets

• Psychology
• Psychopathology
• Anxieties
• Phobias

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 12 mai 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798822506459
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Judith Hoare's The Woman Who Cracked the Anxiety Code
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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Claire Weekes, in 1928, was the first woman to be awarded a Doctor of Science degree at the University of Sydney. She was aiming for a Rockefeller Fellowship to study in England after completing her PhD. She lost her footing and found herself in freefall.

#2

Weekes was one of the lucky ones, for the sanatorium doors opened after six months, and she was released. She was terrified and overwhelmed, and felt that she had a serious heart problem. She did not immediately return to university, but instead recuited with a friend in the country who was married to a doctor.

#3

Weekes’ experience with fear led her to become a doctor who specialized in anxiety disorders. She never forgot the doctor who had misdiagnosed her with tuberculosis, a devastating medical error given the consequences.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

Claire’s childhood was spent in Paddington, a working man’s suburb. The neighborhood had a ferry service, a post office, a school, and few houses of any value. It was perfectly appointed to enjoy Sydney’s harbor charms.

#2

Claire’s father, John Newland, was a builder who built elegant homes near Sydney’s Centennial Park. He also helped build Circular Quay, the waterfront welcome to Sydney’s business district.

#3

The Newlands were successful builders who survived the business cycles. The Weekeses, on the other hand, were not so lucky. They were in the broader property industry, but as decorators rather than builders.

#4

Ralph and Fan were married a year after his father’s suicide. They had two sons, Brian and David, and two daughters, Claire and Mary. Fan had a prickly morality, and she came from a strong line of Methodists.

#5

Fan was a strict moralist, and she imposed her probities on her children. She was obsessed with sex and the bowel, but she had a passion for education and gave her daughter, Claire, the respect she didn’t give her other sons.

#6

Claire’s family history was woven into the story of her cousin Dr Violet Plummer, who was the first woman to practice medicine in Adelaide, in 1897. Claire and her family followed Plummer’s career closely, and her support for women.

#7

The Weekes family moved to Adelaide Parade in Woollahra, a quiet street among a limited series of pretty Federation houses. Their new home was a warning to the kids: they were leaving Watson’s Bay so that Brian and Alan could have less of a good time.

#8

The family moved to Woollahra, which meant the children had to leave Vaucluse Public School. The two boys changed schools a few times before settling into the big public school in Bondi. Claire was sent to the public school in Double Bay, a comfortable suburb nearer Sydney Harbor.

#9

Claire, however, imposed no sacrifice. In 1917, at the age of 13 years and 11 months, she was admitted to the selective Sydney Girls High School. Her religion was described as EC, her father’s occupation was recorded as musician, and she was awarded a B signifying her status as a gifted student.

#10

Claire was a joiner, took part in mock trials, was in the debating team, wrote poems that won awards, and studied French. She was vice-president of the Christian Union, which undertook good works such as arranging to take flowers each Friday to the Sydney Hospital.

#11

Claire’s university experience was not typical of women in medicine in the early 20th century.