Table of Contents
Foreword Gina Routh, DO: Shaped by Experiences v
Introduction: "Go Tomorrow to the Hospital to See the She Doctors!" 1
Part I The Bold Pioneers
Florence Nightingale: Victorian Rule Breaker 9
Elizabeth Blackwell: Medical Pioneer 19
Clara Barton: Bold Angel 28
Marie Zakrzewska: Woman's Spirited Ally 36
Rebecca Lee Crumpler and Rebecca Cole: The First African American Women Physicians 44
Mary Edwards Walker: Gutsy Surgeon in Pants 55
Part II Medical Women Making Headway
Bertha Van Hoosen: Unstoppable Petticoat Surgeon 67
Susan La Flesche Picotte: A Bridge Between Worlds 76
Elizabeth Kenny: Dogged Nurse from the Outback 86
Mary Carson Breckinridge: Mountaineer Nurse on Horseback 95
Helen Taussig: From Blue to a Lovely Shade of Pink 104
Virginia Apgar: The Apgar Score 115
Part III And Today Still Fighting
Catherine Hamlin: The Fistula Pilgrims 128
Edna Adan Ismail: The Dump That Became a Hospital 137
Anne Brooks: Sister Doctor with Attitude 145
Jerri Nielsen: Icy Courage 155
Kathy Magliato: A Persistent Heart 164
Bonnie Simpson Mason: Taking It to the Nth Dimension 172
Adele Levine: A Leap of Faith 180
Sherrie Ballantine-Talmadge: Back on the Field! 189
Acknowledgments 199
Notes 202
Bibliography 213
Index 221