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The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine
by Nimura, Janice P
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0393635546
- ISBN 13
- 9780393635546
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
W. W. Norton & Company, 2021. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7. W. W. Norton & Company, First Printing of First Edition, 2021. Hardcover Book and Jacket as New. In pristine ivory cloth with gilt titles to spine. Sharp corners, tight and solid binding. This rousing story of two brilliant and determined 19th century sisters is also a history of American medicine--how it is practiced and by whom. The Blackwell's arrived in the United States during a cholers epidemic and made it their mission to provide medical care to the underserved and to promote the cause of women's rights and abolition. Two amazing women. 320 pages with Notes, Bibliography, and Index. 8vo. 2021, W. W. Norton & Company ISBN10: 0393635546, ISBN13: 9780393635546
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029180
- Title
- The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine
- Author
- Nimura, Janice P
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0393635546
- ISBN 13
- 9780393635546
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Date Published
- 2021
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- BLACKWELL, ELIZABETH (1821-1910) BLACKWELL, EMILY (1826-1910) WOMEN PHYSICIANS MEDICINE
- X weight
- 0 oz
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