{"product_id":"the-excellent-doctor-blackwell-the-life-of-the-first-woman-physician-9781839012938","title":"The Excellent Doctor Blackwell: The life of the first woman physician","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen British-born Elizabeth Blackwell earned her medical degree in America in 1849 there was an international outcry. Few at the time would have disagreed with the actress Fanny Kemble's remark - 'What, trust a woman doctor - never!'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet by the time Dr Blackwell died in 1910 there were hundreds of women practising medicine on both sides of the Atlantic, thanks in no small part to her courage and determination. Using a treasure trove of primary sources, the book reveals how Elizabeth Blackwell's pioneering efforts helped to fundamentally change the status of women in the West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Excellent Doctor Blackwell\u003c\/em\u003e tells a remarkable story, taking in the women's rights movement, the American Civil War and Elizabeth's personal tragedy, with a fascinating cast of characters, from Abraham Lincoln to Florence Nightingale.\u003c\/p\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eThe Excellent Doctor Blackwell\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Julia Boyd resists the temptation to turn Blackwell into one of those old-fashioned feminist icons of the 1970s... the result is thorough and, above all, thoughtful' - \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'One can only hope that this excellent biography of an excellent doctor will help garner Blackwell the renown she has always deserved' - \u003cem\u003eNew England Journal of Medicine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Julia Boyd's superb biography reveals B as a complex, tenacious and often frustrating character whose extraordinary single-mindedness changed our world' - \u003cem\u003eVictorian Geek\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJulia Boyd\u003c\/strong\u003e worked at the Victoria and Albert Museum before accompanying her diplomat husband on various foreign postings. An accomplished researcher, she has published a number of books including \u003cem\u003eHannah Riddell: An Englishwoman in Japan\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eA Dance with the Dragon: the Vanished World of Peking's Foreign Colony\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lume Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781839012938\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 346\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.77d","brand":"Julia Boyd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43075559129269,"sku":"9781839012938","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_aeabfaad-f790-4e47-9cf2-116077f9dddb.jpg?v=1691468697","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-excellent-doctor-blackwell-the-life-of-the-first-woman-physician-9781839012938","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}