women physicians

A biography of the doctor who, along with other achievements, was among the first to act on the idea that preventative medicine and health care for children is a function of government.

Tells the life story of Mary Edwards Walker, an abolitionist's daughter who chose not to wear the constricting women's fashions of her time, volunteered medical services in the Civil War and won a Medal of Honor after being refused a commission as an army surgeon, and fought for women's rights.

Recounts Dr. Jerri Nielsen's struggle to survive cancer while in Antarctica.

A biography of Elizabeth Blackwell who overcame many difficulties to become the first woman physician in the United States.

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

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

Traces the early life of the first woman physician, relating the struggle women had to face in becoming doctors and practicing medicine.