Women in White Coats: How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine Fiction_Gift_Guide —Lucky Peach

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Women in White Coats: How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine Fiction_Gift_Guide —Lucky PeachNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! For fans of Hidden Figures and Radium Girls comes the remarkable story of three Victorian women who broke down barriers in the medical field to become the first women doctors, revolutionizing the way women receive health care. In the early 1800s, women were dying in large numbers from treatable diseases because they avoided receiving medical care. Examinations performed by male doctors were often demeaning and even painful.