Women in White Coats: How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine
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The New York Times Bestseller
The triumphant story of three courageous women who become the first female doctors.
‘These women changed the world’ – Nina Sankovitch, bestselling author of American Rebels
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 painful, and women faced damaging social stigma from illness.
Despite countless obstacles, Elizabeth Blackwell, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson and Sophia Jex-Blake fought for a woman’s place in the male-dominated medical field. The three pioneers earned medical degrees and paved the way for other women to do the same, then built women-run hospitals and teaching colleges – creating for the first time medical care for women by women.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Swift Press (20 July 2023) |
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| Language | English |
| Paperback | 368 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1800752482 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1800752481 |
| Dimensions | 12.7 x 2.6 x 19.5 cm |
by Amazon Customer
my wife enjoyed reading it
by Fettler
This book is the perfect one to show up, yet again, the stupidity of men and their approach to anything that cramps their ego and their sense of “I am in charge of the world”. In general, the men of the world have still not learned of the truth that in a measurable number of situations, women get better results than men, including medicine.
As a man and a baby-boomer, who has always thought that women are/were undervalued, I think this book is an essential read as it offers an unemotional view of the trials and tribulations that have faced women over the last 170 years or so with regards to their becoming doctors. In this case, exemplified by their attempts and eventual success in breaking the taboo that women are unsuited to anything that does not involve staying at home, taking tea and raising children.
This book shows time and time again that men have tunnel vision when it suits them as they choose/chose not to see that working class women had to work to help keep their families whilst also attempting to stay at home and raise their children. How they were and in some cases still are unable to see that women are as diverse in their needs and wants and capabilities as men, whatever their status in society.
Well worth 5 Stars and I ask, whether you are male or female, to please put this book on your must read list, buy it and read it.
An Advanced Reader Copy review – free books never buy my opinion!
by Didos
Women In White Coats by Olivia Campbell is a beautifully written and researched book.
It is about the struggles the 3 women Elizabeth Blackwell, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, & Sophia Jex-Blake who made a career in medicine against the odds in the Victorian Era.
An enjoyable read.
by bookwormbadger
This is an absolutely fascinating account of the horrendous time that women in medicine have had throughout history. The uphill struggles and constant rejections from universities has to be read to be believed. Their sheer strength of character and determination meant that eventually women had the right to train as doctors.
Really interesting and highly recommended.