Pioneering women in medicine and the medical sciences / Gerald W. Friedland, Jennifer A.F. Tender, Leah J. Dickstein.

[Stanford] : Gerald W. Friedland, [2015]

Great Britain : Printed in Great Britain by Amazon

172 pages : black and white illustrations ; 23 cm

Chapter 1. Priming the pump: preparing women to be pioneers in medicine and the medical sciences / Merle Waxman -- Chapter. 2. Summary of the achievements of women and reflections on the future of women in medicine and the medical sciences / Judith Leavitt -- Chapter 3. Advancing women's health: a prescription and pathway for accelerating progress / Susan J. Blumenthal -- Chapter 4. Science odyssey for women: successes and challenges / Cynthia Friend -- Chapter 5. Women's career development: what does this have to do with men? / Janet Bickel -- Chapter 6. Women in space / Bettyann Holtzmann Kevles -- Chapter 7. Male physicians replace female practitioners in western Europe 1350-1600: why? / Barton D. Thurber -- Chapter 8. Elizabeth Blackwell: the first modern woman physician / Selma H. Calmes -- Chapter 9. Pioneering women in pediatrics / Jennifer Tender -- Chapter 10. Dame Sheila Sherlock: an expert in diseases of the liver / Jenny Heathcote -- Chapter 11. A lady of culture: Margaret R. Murray / Mary Bartlett Bunge -- Chapter 12. The libel trial of Dr. Mary Dixon Jones / Regina Morantz Sanchez -- Chapter 13. Women and mental health, part I / Carolyn Robinowitz -- Chapter. 14. Women and mental health, part II / Leah J. Dickstein.

Includes bibliographical references.