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Peck, Ira

Elizabeth Blackwell: The First Woman Doctor

(4) K-3 Gateway Biography series. This able recitation of Elizabeth Blackwell's life includes boxed sidebars with information on nineteenth-century social conditions. However, the drama of the unexpected, unanimous student vote accepting her at the Geneva Medical College and her role in establishing medical treatment by and for women never come to life. The book's black-and-white photos and archival drawings are well chosen; a time line is included. Bib., ind.

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