TY - BOOK AU - Campbell,Olivia M. TI - Women in white coats: how the first women doctors changed the world of medicine SN - 0778311988 (trade paperback) AV - RA489 .A1 C36 2022 U1 - 610.92/2 23 PY - 2022/// CY - Toronto, Ontario, Canada PB - Park Row Books KW - Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett, KW - Blackwell, Elizabeth, KW - Jex-Blake, Sophia, KW - Medicine KW - Great Britain KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Women in medicine KW - Women physicians KW - Biography KW - Biographies KW - lcgft N1 - This edition published in 2022; Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-311) and index; Prologue: The forgotten history of healing -- A lady doctor -- Surely, she is a joke -- Another Elizabeth blazes the trail -- More than a nurse -- Young Sophia -- Sophia in America -- Facing down hurdles as America's first woman doctor -- Changing the culture, one patient at a time -- Lizzie is pushed into private study -- The Blackwells welcome Sophia in New York -- Lizzie takes on London -- Sophia storms Edinburgh -- Emily's turn to shine in New York -- A lady doctor gets married -- The campaign in Edinburgh ends -- Finding a way forward -- Societies and controversies -- A place all their own in London -- On to separate paths -- Epilogue: A lasting legacy N2 - Documents the true stories of three pioneering women who defied Victorian-era boundaries to become the first women doctors, discussing how they banded together to support each other and advocate for women's health in a male-dominated field ER -