Elizabeth Blackwell : with profiles of Elizabeth Garrett Anderson and Susan La Flesche Picotte

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Title:

Elizabeth Blackwell : with profiles of Elizabeth Garrett Anderson and Susan La Flesche Picotte

Author:

Klobuchar, Lisa.

Personal Author:

Klobuchar, Lisa.

Publication Information:

Chicago : World Book, [2007]

Physical Description:

112 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Series:

Biographical connections

Biographical connections.

Summary:

"A biography of Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to obtain an M.D. degree in the United States, with profiles of two prominent individuals, who are associated through the influences they had on one another, the successes they achieved, or the goals they worked toward. Includes recommended readings and web sites"--Provided by publisher.

Language:

English

Contents:

Profile : Elizabeth Garrett Anderson -- Elizabeth Blackwell. Chronology and introduction to Blackwell's life ; From the Old World to the New ; Hardship on the Hudson, misery on the Ohio ; A calling ; A moral and professional crusade ; Losing eyesight, gaining vision ; Elizabeth Blackwell, M.D. ; Much work to do ; A pioneer mission -- Profile : Susan La Flesche Picotte.

Personal Subject:

Blackwell, Elizabeth, 1821-1910.

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett, 1836-1917.

Picotte, Susan LaFlesche, 1865-1915.

Blackwell, Elizabeth, 1821-1910-Juvenile literature.

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett, 1836-1917.-Juvenile literature.

Picotte, Susan LaFlesche, 1865-1915.-Juvenile literature.

Subject Term:

Women physicians -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Women physicians. -- Juvenile literature.

Added Corporate Author:

World Book, Inc.