Who says women can't be doctors? : the story of Elizabeth Blackwell / Tanya Lee Stone ; illustrated by Marjorie Priceman.
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TextPublication details: New York : Christy Ottaviano Books/Henry Holt and Co., 2013.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cmISBN: - 0805090487 (hbk.)
- 9780805090482 (hbk.)
- Who says women cannot be doctors?
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Biography | Blackwel E. S881 | Available | 33111007124999 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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
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Includes bibliographical references.
An introduction to the life and achievements of the first American female doctor describes the limited career prospects available to women in the early nineteenth-century, the opposition Blackwell faced while pursuing a medical education, and her pioneering medical career that opened doors for future generations of women.