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100 1 _aCampbell, Olivia M.,
245 1 0 _aWomen in white coats :
_bhow the first women doctors changed the world of medicine /
_cOlivia Campbell.
246 3 _aHow the first women doctors changed the world of medicine.
250 _aPaperback edition.
264 1 _aToronto, Ontario, Canada :
_bPark Row Books,
_c2022.
264 4 _c©2021.
300 _a368 pages ;
_c21 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent.
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier.
500 _aThis edition published in 2022.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 309-311) and index.
505 0 _aPrologue: 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.
520 _aDocuments 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.
600 1 0 _aAnderson, Elizabeth Garrett,
_d1836-1917.
600 1 0 _aBlackwell, Elizabeth,
_d1821-1910.
600 1 0 _aJex-Blake, Sophia,
_d1840-1912.
648 7 _a1800-1899
_2fast.
650 0 _aMedicine
_zGreat Britain
_xHistory
_y19th century.
650 0 _aWomen in medicine.
650 0 _aWomen physicians
_zGreat Britain
_vBiography.
655 7 _aBiographies.
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