Women in White Coats: How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine by Olivia Campbell

Women in White Coats: How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine

Olivia Campbell

352 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction feminism health history challenging informative slow-paced

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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, revolutionizing the way women receive health care. In the early 1800s,...

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