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The Doctors Blackwell : How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine Hardcover - 2021

by Janice P. Nimura

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  • Hardcover

In 1849 Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in America to receive an M.D. Her achievement made her an icon, but her sister Emily, was the more brilliant physician. Together they founded the first hospital staffed entirely by women in New York City.

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Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W., 2021. Hardcover. Very Good. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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  • Title The Doctors Blackwell : How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine
  • Author Janice P. Nimura
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
  • Date 2021
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G0393635546I4N10
  • ISBN 9780393635546 / 0393635546
  • Weight 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6.2 x 1.4 in (22.86 x 15.75 x 3.56 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
    • Topical: Women's Interest
  • Library of Congress subjects Women physicians - United States, Sexism in medicine
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2020023919
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Citations

  • Booklist, 10/15/2020, Page 6
  • Kirkus Reviews, 12/01/2020, Page 0
  • Library Journal, 01/01/2021, Page 87
  • Publishers Weekly, 09/14/2020, Page 0