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Pediatric Radiology
Published in: Pediatric Radiology 5/2020

01-05-2020 | Commentary

Elizabeth Blackwell: first woman of American medicine

Author: Richard B. Gunderman

Published in: Pediatric Radiology | Issue 5/2020

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Excerpt

For the first time, the number of women enrolled in U.S. medical schools has surpassed that of men, making this a fitting time to recall the first woman in the States to graduate from medical school [1]. Yet the story of Elizabeth Blackwell is far more than that of a feminine first. …
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Kline N (1997) Elizabeth Blackwell: first woman M.D. Red Wheel, Newburyport
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Morantz RM (1982) Feminism, professionalism, and germs: the thought of Mary Putnam Jacobi and Elizabeth Blackwell. Am Q 34:459–478CrossRef
Metadata
Title
Elizabeth Blackwell: first woman of American medicine
Author
Richard B. Gunderman
Publication date
01-05-2020
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Pediatric Radiology / Issue 5/2020
Print ISSN: 0301-0449
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1998
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-020-04655-8

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