![]() ![]() I think what I really wanted was the focus to be solely on the sisters. It’s not just about Elizabeth and Emily, but about other, tangential characters, their impact on medicine, more. ![]() I did learn quite a bit in THE DOCTORS BLACKWELL (for example, medicine, even for men, was not considered ‘high class’ or professional until closer to the 20th century grave robbing was common for cadavers to be used in anatomy dissection labs, particularly Black individuals and especially Black children/infants) and having a background in nursing myself, I found this title to be fascinating, but still a bit challenging to get through. Nimura has resurrected Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell in all their feisty, thrilling, trailblazing splendor.” Perhaps I was expecting something more a long the lines of historical fiction, or narrative nonfiction that reads more like fiction ala HIDDEN VALLEY ROAD (Bob Kolker) about a family experiencing schizophrenia, sprinkled with plenty of research. THE DOCTORS BLACKWELL does describe much of what was going on with with the world at large, including slavery (it’s set in the 1830s and beyond), women’s rights and intellect, the care of women and infants, plus, the sort of infancy of medicine and a profession. ![]() Nimura has clearly done her homework and it shows in this impeccably researched book. ![]()
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