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The doctors Blackwell : how two pioneering sisters brought medicine to women--and women to medicine / Janice P. Nimura.

Nimura, Janice P., (author.).

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"The vivid biography of two pioneering sisters who, together, became America's first female doctors and transformed New York's medical establishment by creating a hospital by and for women. Elizabeth Blackwell believed from an early age that she was destined for greatness beyond the scope of "ordinary" womanhood. Though the world recoiled at the notion of a woman studying medicine, her intelligence and intensity won her the acceptance of the all-male medical establishment and in 1849 she became the first woman in America to receive a medical degree. But Elizabeth's story is incomplete without her often forgotten sister, Emily, the third woman in America to receive a medical degree. Exploring the sisters' allies, enemies and enduring partnership, Nimura presents a story of both trial and triumph: Together the sisters' founded the New York Infirmary for Indigent Women and Children, the first hospital staffed entirely by women. Both sisters were tenacious and visionary; they were also judgmental, uncompromising, and occasionally misogynistic--their convictions as 19th-century women often contradicted their ambitions. From Bristol, England, to the new cities of antebellum America, this work of rich history follows the sister doctors as they transform the nineteenth century medical establishment and, in turn, our contemporary one"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780393635546
  • ISBN: 0393635546
  • Physical Description: 320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2021.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-307) and index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject: Blackwell, Elizabeth, 1821-1910 > Health.
Blackwell, Emily, 1826-1910 > Health.
Women physicians > United States > Biography.
Women in medicine > United States > Biography.
Sexism in medicine.
Genre: Biographies.

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  • 31 of 31 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Webb City Public Library.

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The Doctors Blackwell : How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine
The Doctors Blackwell : How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine
by Nimura, Janice P.
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Table of Contents

The Doctors Blackwell : How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine

SectionSection DescriptionPage Number
Prologuep. 1
Chapter 1Bristol-New York-Cincinnatip. 5
Chapter 2Betweenityp. 23
Chapter 3Admissionp. 41
Chapter 4Blockley Almshousep. 58
Chapter 5Diplomap. 71
Chapter 6Parisp. 86
Chapter 7Setbackp. 104
Chapter 8Londonp. 117
Chapter 9Practicep. 132
Chapter 10Admission, Againp. 148
Chapter 11Edinburghp. 161
Chapter 12New Facesp. 177
Chapter 13Infirmaryp. 195
Chapter 14Recognitionp. 210
Chapter 15Warp. 224
Chapter 16Collegep. 235
Chapter 17Divergencep. 250
Codap. 264
Acknowledgmentsp. 269
Notesp. 271
Bibliographyp. 303
Indexp. 309

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