![]() ![]() So what kind of sources and materials did you use to get to know the Blackwell sisters? Emily received her medical degree five years later in 1854.ĮRIC: So to start with, what is it like to research the lives of two figures who lived more than 100 years ago? I mean, you can't interview them or ask anyone who knew them. And out of her many siblings, she picked her younger sister, Emily, who was five years younger, to follow in her footsteps and join her on this lonely path of being the first woman in medicine. ![]() She was the first woman to receive a medical degree in this country in 1849. JANICE: Well, if you've heard those names at all you've probably heard Elizabeth Blackwell's name as the first woman doctor in America. Janice, thanks for joining me.ĮRIC: So your new book explores the careers of Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell. ![]() And my guest today is author Janice Nimura, author of the new book, The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine. ![]() We got a great question about the history of women in science that we're going to explore today on Pulsar. ERIC: In November, we celebrated women in science and engineering at the Museum of Science. ![]()
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