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...
The doctors Blackwell : how two pioneering sisters brought medicine to women--and women to medicine / Janice P. Nimura.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2021]
Call Numbers
G 2020/4741
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Prologue -- Bristol--New York--Cincinnati -- Betweenity -- Admission -- Blockley almshouse -- Diploma -- Paris -- Setback -- London -- Practice -- Admission, again -- Edinburgh -- New faces -- Infirmary -- Recognition -- War -- College -- Divergence -- Coda.
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Publisher
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2021]
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2021]
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Summary
"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 no...
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The doctors Blackwell : how two pioneering sisters brought medicine to women--and women to medicine / Janice P. Nimura.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-307) and index.
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©2021
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G 2020/4741
Record Identifier
74VKaJJzE6AM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaJJzE6AM
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ISBN
0393635546
9780393635546
DDC
610.922
MMS ID
991024369515202626
