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In the 1830s, when a girl named Elizabeth Blackwell was growing up, women were supposed to be wives and mothers. Career options were few. Certainly no women were doctors. But…
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Women in Science and Technology: Elizabeth Blackwell gives readers in grades 1-3 a brief biography of the first woman doctor in the United States. This biography presents the struggles Elizabeth…
Pamela Holmes
An engrossing historical saga based on the life of the eighteenth-century woman who endured loss and betrayal-and dared to pursue her dreams.
Her parents warned Elizabeth that Alexander Blackwell would…
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Elizabeth Blackwell
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the "public…
In this groundbreaking book, Elizabeth Blackwell argues that the commodification of women's bodies has had a profound impact on the economy. She challenges the pervasive notion that women's bodies are…
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…
Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women is the story of Elizabeth Blackwell's groundbreaking struggle to practice medicine, eloquently told in her own words. Full of insightful reflections…
Elizabeth Blackwell's autobiographic history of the brave accomplishments of those who made the USA's medical profession accessible to women is illuminating and uplifting. Writing toward the end of the 19th…
Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women, a classical book, has been considered essential throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at…
Wrong And Right Methods Of Dealing With Social Evil: As Shown By English Parliamentary Evidence (1883) is a book written by Elizabeth Blackwell that discusses the issue of prostitution in…
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to…
An autobiography of Elizabeth Blackwell, which presents her dedicated struggle to become a doctor. Reflecting on the philosophy of medicine, women’s education, the evils of slavery, and the nature of…
Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to graduate from medical school and become a doctor, offers unique insights into the social and cultural aspects of medicine in this thought-provoking collection of…
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
In the wake of the Russian Revolution, a determined young woman breaks with her past to become a spy in 1920s Paris, where shadowy intrigues and a dangerous romance put…
The year is 1928. Kate Moore is looking for a way out of the poverty and violence of her childhood. When a chance encounter on a transatlantic ocean liner brings…
On April 15, 1912, three women climbed into Lifeboat 21 and watched in horror as the Titanic sank into the icy depths. They were strangers then…
Con artist Charlotte Digby…
The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American and British Law. It includes the writings of major legal theorists…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…
Pioneer work for women. This book, Pioneer work for women, by Elizabeth Blackwell, is a replication of a book originally published before 1900. It has been restored by human beings…
Publisher: Brentano’s liter. empor. Publication date: 1880 Subjects: Children Sex instruction Sexual ethics Moral education Health
