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

by Nimura, Janice P

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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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W. W. Norton & Company, 2021. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7. W. W. Norton & Company, First Printing of First Edition, 2021. Hardcover Book and Jacket as New. In pristine ivory cloth with gilt titles to spine. Sharp corners, tight and solid binding. This rousing story of two brilliant and determined 19th century sisters is also a history of American medicine--how it is practiced and by whom. The Blackwell's arrived in the United States during a cholers epidemic and made it their mission to provide medical care to the underserved and to promote the cause of women's rights and abolition. Two amazing women. 320 pages with Notes, Bibliography, and Index. 8vo. 2021, W. W. Norton & Company ISBN10: 0393635546, ISBN13: 9780393635546
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  • Title The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine
  • Author Nimura, Janice P
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Condition New
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher W. W. Norton & Company
  • Date 2021
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 029180
  • 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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