The Doctors Blackwell

Author : Janice P. Nimura
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 50,8 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 : Janice P Nimura
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2022-01-18
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781324020202

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The Doctors Blackwell 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 : Tanya Lee Stone
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-19
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781466831797

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Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors? by Tanya Lee Stone Pdf

In the 1830s, when a brave and curious girl named Elizabeth Blackwell was growing up, women were supposed to be wives and mothers. Some women could be teachers or seamstresses, but career options were few. Certainly no women were doctors. But Elizabeth refused to accept the common beliefs that women weren't smart enough to be doctors, or that they were too weak for such hard work. And she would not take no for an answer. Although she faced much opposition, she worked hard and finally—when she graduated from medical school and went on to have a brilliant career—proved her detractors wrong. This inspiring story of the first female doctor shows how one strong-willed woman opened the doors for all the female doctors to come. Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors? by Tanya Lee Stone is an NPR Best Book of 2013 This title has common core connections.

Author : Elizabeth Blackwell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 43,6 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 : Trina Robbins
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2006-09
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0736896600

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Elizabeth Blackwell by Trina Robbins Pdf

Tells the story of Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States. Written in graphic-novel format.

Author : Amie Jane Leavitt
Publisher : Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2008-03
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781612289458

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Elizabeth Blackwell by Amie Jane Leavitt Pdf

A pioneer in the field of medicine, Elizabeth Blackwell showed the world that women could be doctors, too. Written especially for young readers in 6-9, this book introduces biography to young readers.

Author : Julia Boyd
Publisher : Lume Books
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1839012935

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The Excellent Doctor Blackwell by Julia Boyd Pdf

When British-born Elizabeth Blackwell earned her medical degree in America in 1849 there was an international outcry. Few at the time would have disagreed with the actress Fanny Kemble's remark - 'What, trust a woman doctor - never!' Yet by the time Dr Blackwell died in 1910 there were hundreds of women practising medicine on both sides of the Atlantic, thanks in no small part to her courage and determination. Using a treasure trove of primary sources, the book reveals how Elizabeth Blackwell's pioneering efforts helped to fundamentally change the status of women in the West. The Excellent Doctor Blackwell tells a remarkable story, taking in the women's rights movement, the American Civil War and Elizabeth's personal tragedy, with a fascinating cast of characters, from Abraham Lincoln to Florence Nightingale.

Author : Elizabeth Blackwell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1739
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BML:37001100074116

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A Curious Herbal Containing Five Hundred Cuts of the Most Useful Plants which are Now Used in the Practice of Physick Engraved... by Elizabeth Blackwell... by Elizabeth Blackwell Pdf

Author : Joanne Landers Henry
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1996-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780689806278

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Elizabeth Blackwell by Joanne Landers Henry Pdf

The life of the first woman doctor in the United States, who worked in England and America to open the field of medicine to women.

Author : Olivia Campbell
Publisher : Swift Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 47,5 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 : 52,6 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 : Mary K. LeClair,Justin D. White,Susan Keeter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : African American physicians
ISBN : UCLA:L0099533713

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Three 19th-century Women Doctors by Mary K. LeClair,Justin D. White,Susan Keeter Pdf

Author : Elinor Cleghorn
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 42,7 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 : Tristan Boyer Binns
Publisher : Franklin Watts
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0531124029

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Elizabeth Blackwell by Tristan Boyer Binns Pdf

Presents the true story of the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States, who opened the first women-run hospital in New York.

Author : Dorothy Clarke Wilson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Women physicians
ISBN : 0316944882

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Lone Woman by Dorothy Clarke Wilson Pdf

Describes Elizabeth Blackwell's struggles and achievements in becoming the first woman in the United States to receive a medical degree.