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

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Susan M. Latta

Bold Women of Medicine

21 Stories of Astounding Discoveries, Daring Surgeries, and Healing Breakthroughs

Susan M. Latta

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Chicago Review Press
10 January 2022

People & places (Children's&YA)

Series: Women of Action

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

Meet 21 determined women who have dedicated their lives to healing others. In the 19th century, Florence Nightingale and Clara Barton-the ""Lady with the Lamp"" and the ""Angel of the Battlefield""-earned their nicknames by daring to enter battlefields to aid wounded soldiers, forever changing the standards of medicine. Modern-day medical heroines such as Bonnie Simpson Mason, who harnessed the challenges of her chronic illness and founded an organization to introduce women and minorities to orthopedic surgery, and Kathy Magliato, who jumped the hurdles to become a talented surgeon in the male-dominated arena of heart transplants, will inspire any young reader interested in the art, science, and lifechanging applications of medicine. Lovers of adventure will follow Mary Carson Breckinridge, the ""nurse on horseback"" who delivered babies in the Appalachian Mountains and believed that everyone, including our poorest and most vulnerable citizens, deserve good health care, and Jerri Nielsen, the doctor stationed in Antarctica who, cut off from help, had to bravely treat her own breast cancer. These and 15 other daring women inspire with their courage, persistence, and belief in the power of both science and compassion.

Packed with photos and informative sidebars and including source notes and a bibliography, Bold Women of Medicine is an invaluable addition to any student's or aspiring doctor or nurse's bookshelf.

By: Susan M. Latta
Imprint: Chicago Review Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 139mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 412g
ISBN: 9781641605700
ISBN 10: 1641605707
Series: Women of Action
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 10 January 2022
Recommended Age: From 13 to 17 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

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.

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Bold Women of Medicine

21 Stories of Astounding Discoveries, Daring Surgeries, and Healing Breakthroughs

Susan M. Latta

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