The Excellent Doctor Blackwell (häftad)
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Format
Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
346
Utgivningsdatum
2021-04-01
Förlag
Lume Books
Illustrationer
Black & white illustrations
Dimensioner
216 x 140 x 20 mm
Vikt
440 g
Antal komponenter
1
Komponenter
401:B&W 5.5 x 8.5 in or 216 x 140 mm (Demy 8vo) Perfect Bound on Creme w/Matte Lam
ISBN
9781839012938

The Excellent Doctor Blackwell

The life of the first woman physician

av Julia Boyd
Häftad,  Engelska, 2021-04-01
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When British-born Elizabeth Blackwell earned her medical degree in America in 1849 there was an international outcry. Few at the time would have disagreed with the actress Fanny Kemble's remark - 'What, trust a woman doctor - never!'

Yet by the time Dr Blackwell died in 1910 there were hundreds of women practising medicine on both sides of the Atlantic, thanks in no small part to her courage and determination. Using a treasure trove of primary sources, the book reveals how Elizabeth Blackwell's pioneering efforts helped to fundamentally change the status of women in the West.

The Excellent Doctor Blackwell tells a remarkable story, taking in the women's rights movement, the American Civil War and Elizabeth's personal tragedy, with a fascinating cast of characters, from Abraham Lincoln to Florence Nightingale.
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'Julia Boyd resists the temptation to turn Blackwell into one of those old-fashioned feminist icons of the 1970s... the result is thorough and, above all, thoughtful' - The Guardian     


One can only hope that this excellent biography of an excellent doctor will help garner Blackwell the renown she has always deserved' - New England Journal of Medicine


'Julia Boyd's superb biography reveals B as a complex, tenacious and often frustrating character whose extraordinary single-mindedness changed our world' - Victorian Geek



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Julia Boyd worked at the Victoria and Albert Museum before accompanying her diplomat husband on various foreign postings. An accomplished researcher, she has published a number of books including Hannah Riddell: An Englishwoman in Japan, and A Dance with the Dragon: the Vanished World of Peking's Foreign Colony.

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