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The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine
By Nimura, Janice P.
- ISBN
- 9780393635546
- Publisher
- Norton
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Starred Review on January 1, 2021 | Science & Technology
Nimura (Daughters of the Samurai) brings to life the fascinating histories of physicians Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell, and their extended family. The Blackwell sisters both had to scrape together the training they needed to become qualified as women doctors in the 19th century, but they chose to follow different paths in their careers. Elizabeth Blackwell (1821–1910), the older sister, was the first woman in the United States to rec...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
