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Medicine meets red feminism: Yi Tǒgyo (1897–1932), a pioneering Korean feminist physician

Vladimir Tikhonov (PAK Noja)Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, Faculty of Humanities, Oslo University, Oslo, NorwayCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 319-343 | Received 13 Oct 2022, Accepted 05 Sep 2023, Published online: 13 Sep 2023

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