Women in White Coats
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Women in White Coats
Meet the pioneering women who changed the medical landscape for us all.
For fans of Hidden Figures and Radium Girls, comes the remarkable story of three Victorian women who broke down barriers in the medical field to become the first women doctors, revolutionising the way women receive health care.
In the early 1800s, women were dying in large numbers from treatable diseases because they avoided receiving medical care. Examinations performed by male doctors were often demeaning and even painful. In addition, women faced stigma from illness—a diagnosis could greatly limit their ability to find husbands, jobs, or be received in polite society.
Motivated by personal loss and frustration over inadequate medical care, Elizabeth Blackwell, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, and Sophia Jex-Blake fought for a woman's place in the male-dominated medical field. For the first time ever, Women in White Coats tells the complete history of these three pioneering women who, despite countless obstacles, earned medical degrees and paved the way for other women to do the same. Though very different in personality and circumstance, together these women built women-run hospitals and teaching colleges—creating for the first time medical care for women by women.
With gripping storytelling based on extensive research and access to archival documents, Women in White Coats tells the courageous history these women made by becoming doctors, detailing the boundaries they broke in terms of gender and science to reshape how we receive medical care today.
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Women in White Coats by Olivia Campbell is celebrated for its wonderfully narrated history of pioneering medical women, highlighting their immense struggles and significant victories. Reviewers find it absorbing, inspiring, and a testament to the resilience and impact of these trailblazers in Victorian medicine. The book is praised for its meticulous research and compelling storytelling, capturing the personal and professional lives of its subjects eloquently. Readers are left both humbled and inspired by these women's collective fight for their place in the medical field.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781800752481
Publisher: Swift Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 20 July 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Swift Press
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 368
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About the Author
Olivia Campbell is a journalist and author specialising in medicine and women; her work has appeared in The Guardian, the Washington Post, New York Magazine and The Cut, among others. This is her first book.
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