The Jewish Problem: Anti-Semitic Admissions Quotas in Southern U.S. Medical Schools, 1920s-1960s

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Marks, T. (2020). The Jewish Problem: Anti-Semitic Admissions Quotas in Southern U.S. Medical Schools, 1920s-1960s. Unc Charlotte Electronic Theses And Dissertations.
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Abstract

Anti-Semitism and worldwide Jewish immigration quotas informed the implementation of Jewish quotas in medical schools around the country from the 1920s to the 1960s. While many are aware of immigration quotas and the anti-Semitism that ran rampant in the country, the same cannot be said for informal medical quotas that restricted Jewish students from admission into medical schools and Jewish doctors from employment. Some of the most well-known schools in the South, such as Georgetown University, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Emory University, Johns Hopkins University, Duke University, and Wake Forest College, implemented quotas discriminating against Jewish enrollment in each institution’s medical schools.

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Author

Marks, Taylor

Title

The Jewish Problem: Anti-Semitic Admissions Quotas in Southern U.S. Medical Schools, 1920s-1960s

Physical Description

1 online resource (94 pages) : PDF

Date

2020

Degree Granting Institution

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Abstract

Anti-Semitism and worldwide Jewish immigration quotas informed the implementation of Jewish quotas in medical schools around the country from the 1920s to the 1960s. While many are aware of immigration quotas and the anti-Semitism that ran rampant in the country, the same cannot be said for informal medical quotas that restricted Jewish students from admission into medical schools and Jewish doctors from employment. Some of the most well-known schools in the South, such as Georgetown University, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Emory University, Johns Hopkins University, Duke University, and Wake Forest College, implemented quotas discriminating against Jewish enrollment in each institution’s medical schools.

Genre

masters theses

Subjects--Topics

Judaism--Study and teaching
History
Area studies

Subjects--Places

America

Degree

M.A.

Keywords

American South
Anti-Semitism
Higher Education
Jewish Studies
Medical School
Quotas

Subject Area

History

Advisor(s)

Shapiro, Aaron

Committee Members

Perry, Heather
Goldfield, David

Degree Note

Thesis (M.A.)--University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2020.

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