Janice P Nimura
1) The doctors Blackwell: how two pioneering sisters brought medicine to women--and women to medicine
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A "biography of two pioneering sisters who, together, became America's first female doctors and transformed New York's medical establishment by creating a hospital by and for women"--
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Nimura paints history in cinematic strokes and brings a forgotten story to vivid, unforgettable life. Arthur Golden, author of Memoirs of a Geisha"
"'Surprising and richly satisfying' (Megan Marshall); 'Beautifully crafted ... subtle, polished, and poised' (Stacy Schiff); In 1871, five young girls were sent by the Japanese government to the United States. Their mission: learn Western ways and return to help nurture a new generation of enlightened...