Bold Women of Medicine 21 Stories of Astounding Discoveries, Daring Surgeries, and Healing Breakthroughs

by Latta, Susan M.

• ISBN13: 9781641605700
• ISBN10: 1641605707
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2021-11-02
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press

Summary

CBC - NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Students K-12 2017

Meet 21 determined women who have dedicated their lives to healing others.

These courageous women from the 1800s to the present focused on finding cures, tending the sick and wounded, and healing with science and compassion. Readers meet groundbreakers such as Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States; Mary Carson Breckinridge, the “nurse on horseback” who delivered babies in the Appalachian Mountains; and heart surgeon Kathy Magliato, one of the few women trained in heart transplant surgeries. Packed with photos, informative sidebars, and including source notes and a bibliography, this collection is an invaluable addition to any reader’s bookshelf.

Author Biography

Susan M. Latta holds an MFA in writing for children and young adults from Hamline University. She has written on history, biography, and geography topics for Appleseeds and Faces magazines and contributed freelance projects to Heinemann Leveled Books and ABDO Publishing. She is the recipient of the Loft Literary Center’s Shabo Award for Children’s Picture Book Writers. She lives in Edina, Minnesota.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Gina Routh, D.O.: Shaped by Experiences
Introduction: “Go tomorrow to the hospital to see the She Doctors!”
 
Part I: The Bold Pioneers
Florence Nightingale: Victorian Rule Breaker
Elizabeth Blackwell: Medical Pioneer
Clara Barton: Bold Angel
Marie Zakrzewska: Woman’s Spirited Ally
Rebecca Lee Crumpler and Rebecca Cole: First African American Women Physicians
Mary Edwards Walker: Gutsy Surgeon in Pants
 
Part II: Medical Women Making Headway
Bertha Van Hoosen: Unstoppable Petticoat Surgeon
Susan La Flesche Picotte: A Bridge Between Worlds
Elizabeth Kenny: Dogged Nurse from the Outback
Mary Carson Breckinridge: Mountaineer Nurse on Horseback
Helen Taussig: From Blue to a Lovely Shade of Pink
Virginia Apgar: The Apgar Score
 
Part III: And Today Still Fighting
Catherine Hamlin: The Fistula Pilgrims
Edna Adan Ismail: The Dump That Became a Hospital
Anne Brooks: Sister Doctor with Attitude
Jerri Nielsen: Icy Courage
Kathy Magliato: A Persistent Heart
Bonnie Mason: Taking It to the Nth Dimension
Adele Levine: A Leap of Faith
Sherrie Ballantine-Talmadge: Back on the Field!
 
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index