Bold Women of Medicine tells the stories of twenty-one courageous women from the 1800s to the present focused on finding cures, tending the sick and wounded, and healing with science and compassion. With grace and bravery they broke down barriers to enter battlefields and operating rooms. Readers meet groundbreakers such as Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States, who went from the sole female student in her medical school to eventually founding her own hospital, staffed by all women; Mary Carson Breckinridge, the nurse on horseback who delivered babies in the Appalachian Mountains, believing that everyone, even the poor and uneducated, deserved good healthcare; and heart surgeon Kathy Magliato, one of the few women trained in heart transplant surgeries. Packed with photos, informative sidebars, and including source notes and a bibliography, Bold Women of Medicine is an invaluable addition to any students or aspiring doctor or nurses bookshelf.
- | Author: Susan M. Latta
- | Publisher: Chicago Review Press
- | Publication Date: September 01, 2017
- | Number of Pages: 240 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover
- | ISBN-10: 1613734379
- | ISBN-13: 9781613734377
