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Bold women of medicine, 21 stories of astounding discoveries, daring surgeries, and healing breakthroughs, Susan M. Latta

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Bold women of medicine, 21 stories of astounding discoveries, daring surgeries, and healing breakthroughs, Susan M. Latta

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eng

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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collective biography

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Age 12+

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non fiction

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Bold women of medicine

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bibliographydictionaries

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Susan M. Latta

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21 stories of astounding discoveries, daring surgeries, and healing breakthroughs

Table Of Contents

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 : 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!

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Bold Women of Medicine: 21 Stories of Astounding Discoveries, Daring Surgeries, and Healing Breakthroughs

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