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Women in white coats : how the first women doctors changed the world of medicine / Olivia Campbell.

Summary:

"In the early 1800s, women were dying in large numbers from treatable diseases because they frequently avoided receiving medical care. Examinations performed by male doctors were often demeaning and even painful. In addition, women faced stigma from illness - a negative 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"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781643589336
ISBN: 1643589334
Physical Description: 447 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Edition: Center Point Large Print edition.
Publisher: Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2021.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Regular print version previously published by: Harlequin Books S.A.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-447)