women physicians

An easy-to-read biography of Elizabeth Blackwell who overcame many difficulties to become the first woman physician in the United States.

Profiles ten female physicians from past and present who have made significant contributions to their field.

Adelia Aguilar, King Henry II's mistress of the art of death, is commanded by the king to accompany his ten-year-old daughter Joanna to Palermo to marry William II of Sicily, and she takes along her Arab companion Mansur, her lover Rowley, and the Irish sea captain O'Donnell, all of whom come in handy when members of the princess's household come under attack by a murderer.

Kay Scarpetta, working as a private forensic consultant in Florida, is thrown into a turmoil when Jean-Baptiste Chandonne, a serial killer she was responsible for bringing to justice, requests that she administer his death sentence in exchange for information about his crimes, as well as a new rash of killings in the area.

The life of the first woman doctor in the United States, who worked in England and America to open the field of medicine to women.

A biography of the first woman doctor in the United States who worked in England and the U.S. to open the field of medicine to women.

Chronicles the life and career of Dr. Alice Stewart, discussing how her research challenged international nuclear safety standards.

Dr. Maya Witherspoon, the daughter of a British physician and a Brahmin woman, flees her home in India following the mysterious deaths of her parents in 1909, and sets up practice among the poor of London, but she knows she must find a way to develop the magical powers she inherited from her parents in order to stop the evil that stalks her.