the doctors blackwell by janice p nimura

Nimura presents a story of trial and triumph. As Elizabeth predicted, “a hundred years hence, women will not be what they are now. New York Times Bestseller Finalist for the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Biography 'Janice P. Exploring the sisters allies, enemies, and enduring partnership, Janice P. This major new biography celebrates two complicated pioneers who exploded the limits of possibility. They prevailed against fierce resistance from the male establishment, moving among Britain, France, and America during a tumultuous time of scientific discovery and civil war. Together they founded the first hospital staffed entirely by women, in New York City.īoth sisters were tenacious and visionary, but their convictions did not always align with the emergence of women’s rights―or with each other. Her achievement made her an icon―“I am convinced that a new & nobler era is dawning, for Medicine,” she wrote―but her sister Emily, eternally eclipsed, was the more brilliant physician. The world recoiled at the notion of a woman doctor, yet Elizabeth Blackwell persistedin 1849, she became the first woman in America to receive an MD.

Discover the English Audiobook at Audible. The world recoiled at the notion of a woman doctor, yet Elizabeth Blackwell persisted―in 1849, she became the first woman in America to receive an MD. Nimura has resurrected Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell in all their feisty, thrilling, trailblazing splendor. The Doctors Blackwell as its meant to be heard, narrated by Laural Merlington. The Doctors Blackwell, by historian Janice P. Nimura has resurrected Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell in all their feisty, thrilling, trailblazing splendor.”

The doctors blackwell by janice p nimura