The doctors Blackwell : how two pioneering sisters brought medicine to women--and women to medicine /

Elizabeth Blackwell believed from an early age that she was destined for a mission beyond the scope of "ordinary" womanhood. Though the world at first recoiled at the notion of a woman studying medicine, her intelligence and intensity ultimately won her the acceptance of the male medical e...

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Main Author:	Nimura, Janice P. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, N.Y. : W.W. Norton & Company, [2021]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Blackwell, Elizabeth, > 1821-1910. Blackwell, Emily, > 1826-1910. Women physicians > United States > Biography. Women in medicine > United States > Biography. Sexism in medicine. Women physicians. Sexism. Physicians, Women Femmes médecins > États-Unis > Biographies. Femmes en médecine > États-Unis > Biographies. Sexisme en médecine. Femmes médecins. physicians. MEDICAL > General. Health. Women in medicine. Women physicians > Biography. Women in medicine > Biography. United States United States. Biographies. Biography Creative nonfiction. Essais fictionnels.