Amalie Kass

Amalie M. Kass
Born	(1928-01-09)January 9, 1928 United States
Died	May 19, 2019(2019-05-19) (aged 91)
Education	Forest Park High School
Alma mater	Wellesley College
Known for	Wrote about obstetrics and midwifery
Spouse	Malcolm (Mac) Hecht Jr.
Children	5
Scientific career
Fields	History
Institutions	Harvard Medical School

Amalie Moses Kass (January 9, 1928 – May 19, 2019) was an American historian at Harvard Medical School.^[1] She wrote about obstetrics and midwifery.

Biography

Amalie Moses was born to Leslie and Helene Moses and reared in Baltimore, Maryland, where she attended Forest Park High School. She attended Wellesley College and graduated in 1949, with high honors in history, and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She received her master's degree in education in 1963 from Boston University. She had two younger siblings, a brother Alfred H. Moses and a sister Claire Moses Lovett.^[2]

Books and articles

Author of two medical biographies

1. Midwifery and Medicine in Boston: Walter Channing, M.D., 1786–1876, Northeastern University Press, 2002^[3][4]
2. Perfecting the World: The Life and Times of Thomas Hodgkin, MD (co-author with Edward Harold Kass), Harcourt Brace Jovanovitch, 1988^[5][6][7]

Author of numerous journal articles and encyclopedic entries including

1. A Brief History of the Channing Laboratory
2. My brother preaches, I practice Walter Channing, M.D., Antebellum Obstetrician
3. Walter Channing Brief life of a nineteenth-century obstetrician 1786-1876

Professional work

• Associate editor, Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences (1996)
• Lecturer on the history of medicine, Harvard Medical School (1991)
• Research associate, Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School (1982)
• History teacher, Newton High School and Newton South High School (1963–1979)

Major volunteer activities

• President of the Massachusetts Historical Society (2002 – ).
• Lincoln Rural Land Foundation Trustee (200? - present)
• Wellesley College Trustee (1992–2007)^[8]
• President of the Women's Institute for Housing and Economic Development

Honors

• The Amalie Moses Kass Professorship of History of Medicine in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School^[9][7][10]

References

1. Memorial for Amalie Kass in Harvard Medical School's Countway Library of Medicine
2. Obituary for Amalie Moses Hecht Kass, accessed June 10, 2019
3. Office, Harvard News. "Harvard Gazette: Channing the younger". news.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
4. Kass, Amalie M. (2002-01-01). Midwifery and Medicine in Boston: Walter Channing, M.D., 1786-1876. Northeastern University Press. ISBN 9781555535018.
5. System., Charles E. Rosenberg; Charles E. Rosenberg's Most Recent Book Is the Care Of Strangers: The Rise Of America's Hospital (1988-09-18). "RIGHTEOUS BUT GOOD". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
6. Kass, Amalie M.; Kass, Edward Harold (1988-01-01). Perfecting the world: the life and times of Dr. Thomas Hodgkin 1798-1866. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. ISBN 9780151717002.
7. Profile page for Amalie Kass in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School
8. Wellesley College list of Trustees, accessed June 10, 2019
9. Notable, News & Research: Notable (7/30/10), July 30, 2010, Harvard Medical School
10. Harvard Catalyst Profile page for Amalie Moses Kass Professor of the History of Medicine in the Department of Social Medicine (In the Faculty of Medicine)