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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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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. Hardcover. New/New. New hardcover in a new dust jacket. Pages are clean and free of marks or underlining. 8vo. (6.3 x 1.2 x 9.4 inches) Includes a bibliography, index, and photos. 336 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. 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 establishment. In 1849, she became the first woman in America to receive an M.D. She was soon joined in her iconic achievement by her younger sister, Emily, who was actually the more brilliant physician. Exploring the sisters' allies, enemies, and enduring partnership, Janice P. Nimura presents a story of trial and triumph. Together, the Blackwells founded the New York Infirmary for Indigent Women and Children, the first hospital staffed entirely by women. Both sisters were tenacious and visionary, but their convictions did not always align with the emergence of women's rights--or with each other. From Bristol, Paris, and Edinburgh to the rising cities of antebellum America, this richly researched new biography celebrates two complicated pioneers who exploded the limits of possibility for women in medicine. As Elizabeth herself predicted, "a hundred years hence, women will not be what they are now." .
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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 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 # 201287
  • 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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