Suzanne Noël: Cosmetic Surgery, Feminism and Beauty in Early Twentieth-Centur...

Taylor & Francis

Working at the forefront of cosmetic surgery at the turn of the twentieth century, Dr Suzanne No\u00C3\u00ABl was both a pioneer in her medical field and a firm believer in the advancement of women. Today her views on the benefits of aesthetic surgery to women may seem at odds with her feminist principles, but by placing No\u00C3\u00ABl in the context of turn-of-the-century French culture, this book is able to demonstrate how these two worldviews were reconciled. This book sheds much valuable light on advances in aesthetic surgery, twentieth-century beauty culture, women and the public sphere, and the \u2019new woman\u2019. > Working at the forefront of cosmetic surgery at the turn of the twentieth century, Dr Suzanne No\u00C3\u00ABl was both a pioneer in her medical field and a firm believer in the advancement of women. Today her views on the benefits of aesthetic surgery to women may seem at odds with her feminist principles, but by placing No\u00C3\u00ABl in the context of turn.