The dinosaur is twitching: famous firsts -- To be a doctor in America: overcoming obstacles -- Shattering the glass ceiling: surgeons general and presidents' doctors -- Historical perspectives: midwives and doctors around the globe -- Women on the march: civil war heroines -- Pioneers, o pioneers!: then and now -- One university's contributions: those remarkable Johns Hopkins women -- Oh, brave new world: Nobel Prize winners in medicine -- Women's proper place: our biological selves -- A peaceful revolution: the fight for birth control -- What was the doctor wearing?: from white coats to space suits.