Women in White Coats: How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine Condition:Well Read And after everything they've seen

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Women in White Coats: How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine Condition:Well Read And after everything they've seenIn the early 1800s, women were dying in large numbers from treatable diseases because they avoided receiving medical care. Examinations performed by male doctors were often demeaning and even painful. In addition, women faced stigma from illness a diagnosis could greatly limit their ability to find husbands, jobs or be received in polite society. Motivated by personal loss and frustration over inadequate medical care, Elizabeth Blackwell, Elizabeth