Introduction : "go tomorrow to the hospital to see the she doctors!" -- Part I. The bold pioneers. Florence Nightingale : Victorian rule breaker ; Elizabeth Blackwell : medical pioneer ; Clara Barton : bold angel ; Marie Zakrzewska : woman's spirited ally ; Rebecca Lee Crumpler and Rebecca Cole : the first African American women physicians ; Mary Edwards Walker : gutsy surgeon in pants -- Part II. Medical women making headway. Bertha Van Hoosen : unstoppable petticoat surgeon ; Susan La Flesche Picotte : a bridge between worlds ; Elizabeth Kenny : dogged nurse from the Outback ; Mary Carson Breckinridge : mountaineer nurse on horseback ; Helen Taussig : from blue to a lovely shade of pink ; Virginia Apgar : the Apgar score -- Part III. And today still fighting. Catherine Hamlin : the fistula pilgrims ; Edna Adan Ismail : the dump that became a hospital ; Anne Brooks : sister doctor with attitude ; Jerri Nielsen : icy courage ; Kathy Magliato : a persistent heart ; Bonnie Mason : taking it to the nth dimension ; Adele Levine : a leap of faith ; Sherrie Ballantine-Talmadge : back on the field!
Summary:
Introduces the lives and careers of women who chose medicine as their profession including Florence Nightingale, Marie Zakrzewska, Elizabeth Kenny, Virginia Apgar, Edna Adan Ismail, and Adele Levine.
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Booklist, 9/15/2017 Horn Book Guide, 10/2018 School Library Connection, 11/2017 School Library Journal, 9/2017
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