The Cure for Women

“Valiant and timely .... reintroduces its subject as a hero for this moment.” ― The New York Times How Victorian male doctors used false science to argue that women were unfit for anything but motherhood—and the brilliant doctor who defied them After Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to graduate from medical school, more women demanded a chance to study medicine. Barred entrance to universities like Harvard, women built their own first-rate medical schools and hospitals. Their success s