The Doctors Blackwell How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine To Women And Women To Medicine

Author : Janice P. Nimura
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-19
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780393635553

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The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine by Janice P. Nimura Pdf

New York Times Bestseller Finalist for the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Biography "Janice P. Nimura has resurrected Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell in all their feisty, thrilling, trailblazing splendor." —Stacy Schiff 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."

Author : Elizabeth Blackwell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : NYPL:33433082358072

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Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women by Elizabeth Blackwell Pdf

Elizabeth Blackwell, though born in England, was reared in the United States and was the first woman to receive a medical degree here, obtaining it from the Geneva Medical College, Geneva, New York, in 1849. A pioneer in opening the medical profession to women, she founded hospitals and medical schools for women in both the United States and England. She was a lecturer and writer as well as an able physician and organizer. -- H.W. Orr.

Author : Olivia Campbell
Publisher : Swift Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781800752474

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Women in White Coats by Olivia Campbell Pdf

Meet the pioneering women who changed the medical landscape for us all For fans of Hidden Figures and Radium Girls comes the remarkable story of three Victorian women who broke down barriers in the medical field to become the first women doctors, revolutionising the way women receive health care. In the early 1800s, women were dying in large numbers from treatable diseases because they avoided receiving medical care. Examinations performed by male doctors were often demeaning and even painful. In addition, women faced stigma from illness--a diagnosis could greatly limit their ability to find husbands, jobs or be received in polite society. Motivated by personal loss and frustration over inadequate medical care, Elizabeth Blackwell, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson and Sophia Jex-Blake fought for a woman's place in the male-dominated medical field. For the first time ever, Women in White Coats tells the complete history of these three pioneering women who, despite countless obstacles, earned medical degrees and paved the way for other women to do the same. Though very different in personality and circumstance, together these women built women-run hospitals and teaching colleges - creating for the first time medical care for women by women. With gripping storytelling based on extensive research and access to archival documents, Women in White Coats tells the courageous history these women made by becoming doctors, detailing the boundaries they broke of gender and science to reshape how we receive medical care today.

Author : Janice P. Nimura
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780393248241

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Daughters of the Samurai: A Journey from East to West and Back by Janice P. Nimura Pdf

"Nimura paints history in cinematic strokes and brings a forgotten story to vivid, unforgettable life." —Arthur Golden, author of Memoirs of a Geisha In 1871, five young girls were sent by the Japanese government to the United States. Their mission: learn Western ways and return to help nurture a new generation of enlightened men to lead Japan. Raised in traditional samurai households during the turmoil of civil war, three of these unusual ambassadors—Sutematsu Yamakawa, Shige Nagai, and Ume Tsuda—grew up as typical American schoolgirls. Upon their arrival in San Francisco they became celebrities, their travels and traditional clothing exclaimed over by newspapers across the nation. As they learned English and Western customs, their American friends grew to love them for their high spirits and intellectual brilliance. The passionate relationships they formed reveal an intimate world of cross-cultural fascination and connection. Ten years later, they returned to Japan—a land grown foreign to them—determined to revolutionize women’s education. Based on in-depth archival research in Japan and in the United States, including decades of letters from between the three women and their American host families, Daughters of the Samurai is beautifully, cinematically written, a fascinating lens through which to view an extraordinary historical moment.

Author : Matt Doeden
Publisher : Lerner Publications ™
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781728434292

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Elizabeth Blackwell by Matt Doeden Pdf

Elizabeth Blackwell shattered the glass ceiling as the first woman doctor. Learn how she defied stereotypes and opened a medical practice to treat female patients.

Author : Elinor Cleghorn
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780593182963

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Unwell Women by Elinor Cleghorn Pdf

A trailblazing, conversation-starting history of women’s health—from the earliest medical ideas about women’s illnesses to hormones and autoimmune diseases—brought together in a fascinating sweeping narrative. Elinor Cleghorn became an unwell woman ten years ago. She was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease after a long period of being told her symptoms were anything from psychosomatic to a possible pregnancy. As Elinor learned to live with her unpredictable disease she turned to history for answers, and found an enraging legacy of suffering, mystification, and misdiagnosis. In Unwell Women, Elinor Cleghorn traces the almost unbelievable history of how medicine has failed women by treating their bodies as alien and other, often to perilous effect. The result is an authoritative and groundbreaking exploration of the relationship between women and medical practice, from the "wandering womb" of Ancient Greece to the rise of witch trials across Europe, and from the dawn of hysteria as a catchall for difficult-to-diagnose disorders to the first forays into autoimmunity and the shifting understanding of hormones, menstruation, menopause, and conditions like endometriosis. Packed with character studies and case histories of women who have suffered, challenged, and rewritten medical orthodoxy—and the men who controlled their fate—this is a revolutionary examination of the relationship between women, illness, and medicine. With these case histories, Elinor pays homage to the women who suffered so strides could be made, and shows how being unwell has become normalized in society and culture, where women have long been distrusted as reliable narrators of their own bodies and pain. But the time for real change is long overdue: answers reside in the body, in the testimonies of unwell women—and their lives depend on medicine learning to listen.

Author : Elaine A Kule
Publisher : Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-11
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781731616425

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Elizabeth Blackwell by Elaine A Kule Pdf

Women in Science and Technology: Elizabeth Blackwell gives readers in grades 1-3 a brief biography of the first woman doctor in the United States. This biography presents the struggles Elizabeth Blackwell faced to achieve her goal of practicing medicine. It also describes her other accomplishments, such as starting a clinic for women and establishing a women’s medical school. Discover how this pioneer in medicine and women’s equality changed the world forever. The biographies in this collection introduce students to influential women in science and technology, from astronauts to medical doctors. Each book includes a glossary, comprehension questions, a time line, and an extention activity.

Author : Elizabeth Blackwell,Emily Blackwell
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 29 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2022-07-20
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:8596547087151

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Medicine as a Profession for Women by Elizabeth Blackwell,Emily Blackwell Pdf

This book was first published in 1860 when access to training in medicine as a profession was not widely accessible to women. In this book, Blackwell argues that it is time to remedy this situation as there are already women working in the profession and their services as true professionals are greatly needed.

Author : Mary St. J. Fancourt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:629657418

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They Dared to be Doctors by Mary St. J. Fancourt Pdf

Author : Elizabeth Blackwell,Emily Blackwell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1864
Category : Medical education
ISBN : IND:32000011282375

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Address on the Medical Education of Women by Elizabeth Blackwell,Emily Blackwell Pdf

Author : Jim Jenkins
Publisher : Called Writers Christian Publishing
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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From Rubble to Redemption by Jim Jenkins Pdf

On September 11th, 2001, Jim Jenkins woke up to the nightmare that was 9/11. A few days later, he was headed for Ground Zero in his official capacity as a US Navy Chaplain. Deeply affected by what he experienced there, Jim has decided to share his story with the world as we approach the 20th anniversary of 9/11. Through his encounters with the victims’ families, political leaders like Rudy Giuliani, and celebrities like Elton John, Jim saw God show up in very unique and amazing ways during his time serving at Ground Zero. Jim’s primary message to America is that we must never forget. But Jim also wants his fellow Americans to know that God can bring redemption out of the rubble.

Author : Francene Sabin
Publisher : Troll Communications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Physicians
ISBN : 0893757578

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Elizabeth Blackwell by Francene Sabin Pdf

Traces the early life of the first woman physician, relating the struggle women had to face in becoming doctors and practicing medicine.

Author : Cornel West
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781458730022

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Brother West by Cornel West Pdf

New York Times best-selling author Cornel West is one of America's most provocative and admired public intellectuals. Whether in the classroom, the streets, the prisons, or the church, Dr. West's penetrating brilliance has been a bright beacon shining through the darkness for decades. Yet, as he points out in this new memoir, I've never taken ...

Author : Hiromi Kawakami
Publisher : Pushkin Press
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-05
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781782272717

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Record of a Night too Brief by Hiromi Kawakami Pdf

Akutagawa Prize-winning stories about unsettling loss and romance from one of Japan’s most celebrated contemporary writers—for fans of Haruki Murakami and Banana Yoshimoto In a dreamlike adventure, one woman travels through an apparently unending night with a porcelain girlfriend, mist-monsters and villainous monkeys; a sister mourns her invisible brother whom only she can still see, while the rest of her family welcome his would-be wife into their home; and an accident with a snake leads a shop girl to discover the snake-families everyone else seems to be concealing. Sensual, yearning, and filled with the tricks of memory and grief, Record of a Night Too Brief is an atmospheric trio of unforgettable tales. “Talking animals, transformations into trees and horses, and a melancholic mood of loss and love make it easy to see why Kawakami is one of the more exciting voices in contemporary Japanese literature." —Thrillist

Author : Suzanne Koven
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781324007142

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Letter to a Young Female Physician by Suzanne Koven Pdf

A Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Best Book of 2021 A poignant and funny exploration of authenticity in work and life by a woman doctor. In 2017, Dr. Suzanne Koven published an essay describing the challenges faced by female physicians, including her own personal struggle with "imposter syndrome"—a long-held secret belief that she was not smart enough or good enough to be a “real” doctor. Accessed by thousands of readers around the world, Koven’s “Letter to a Young Female Physician” has evolved into a deeply felt reflection on her career in medicine. Koven tells candid and illuminating stories about her pregnancy during a grueling residency in the AIDS era; the illnesses of her child and aging parents during which her roles as a doctor, mother, and daughter converged, and sometimes collided; the sexism, pay inequity, and harassment that women in medicine encounter; and the twilight of her career during the COVID-19 pandemic. As she traces the arc of her life, Koven finds inspiration in literature and faces the near-universal challenges of burnout, body image, and balancing work with marriage and parenthood. Shining with warmth, clarity, and wisdom, Letter to a Young Female Physician reveals a woman forging her authentic identity in a modern landscape that is as overwhelming and confusing as it is exhilarating in its possibilities. Koven offers an indelible account, by turns humorous and profound, from a doctor, mother, wife, daughter, teacher, and writer who sheds light on our desire to find meaning, and on a way to be our own imperfect selves in the world.