Even though she found bodily functions “disgusting,” Elizabeth was a pioneer in the genderless pursuit of common good through education Emily held an aligned ideology, but she became more concerned with practical medical application. Bright and determined, the sisters received their hard-won medical degrees a few years apart. In this follow-up to Daughters of the Samurai (2015), Nimura chronicles the lives and work of Elizabeth (1821-1910) and Emily (1826-1910) Blackwell, America’s first and third women to earn medical degrees, deftly weaving together a dramatic true story that reads like a work of historical fiction. A riveting dual biography of America’s first female physicians.
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