Episode · Stuff You Should Know · 2024-07-13
Books mentioned on Selects: Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, Feminist Physician
Becoming the first licensed woman physician in America was tough, convincing male surgeons to wash their hands between patients was even tougher. In this classic episode Josh and Chuck pay tribute to a genuine pioneer in medicine and society.
Josh Clark discussed Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women by Elizabeth Blackwell.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women
Discussed“so much so that even in her um her autobiography which was published in 1895 when she was in her 70s I think um she called it pioneering work”
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Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Macbeth
“Um, and so much so that even in her autobiography, which was published in 1895 when she was in her 70s, she called it 'Pioneering Work'.”