In 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in America to receive an N lowed soon after by her equally brilliant sister, Emily. Though the world at first re the notion of women studying medicine, the sisters' intelligence and intensity ul won them the acceptance of the male medical establishment and exploded the possibility for women in medicine. Exploring the sisters' allies, enemies, and enduring partnership, Janice P. presents a story of trial and triumph. From Bristol, Paris, and Edinburgh to t cities of antebellum America, this richly researched biography celebrates two cor pioneers. As Elizabeth herself so accurately predicted, "a hundred years hence will not be what they are now."

ISBN: 9781324020202