questions now. welcome olivia and janice. to get things kicked off i d love for you to tell me about your books. olivia would you like to start? sure. my book is about victorian women among the first practicing in das who were women in the victorian era. they decided after receiving such terrible sexism and their attempt to get an m.d. they had to work together to establish a medical pool for women and they established the school medical school for women. and the doctors blackwell blackwell elizabeth blackwell is the first woman in the country to receive a medical degree in 1849 and her sister emily who is five years younger was recruited into the field by her older sister and became the third woman doctor in history. they founded the new york infirmary for women and children and the medical college in new york. wonderful. these books are so fantastically complementary. janice s book dives into the lives of these trailblazers and olivia s book looks at how women ch
i m hear what women in white coats olivia campbell authors of the doctors blackwell how two pioneering sisters brought medicine to women and women to medicine, women in white coats and how the first women doctors changed the world of medicine. please start submitting your questions now. welcome olivia and janice. to get things kicked off i d love for you to tell me about your books. olivia would you like to start? sure. my book is about victorian women among the first practicing in das who were women in the victorian era. they decided after receiving such terrible sexism and their attempt to get an m.d. they had to work together to establish a medical pool for women and they established the school medical school for women. and the doctors blackwell blackwell elizabeth blackwell is the first woman in the country to receive a medical degree in 1849 and her sister emily who is five years younger was recruited into the field by her older sister and became the t
i m hear what women in white coats olivia campbell authors of the doctors blackwell how two pioneering sisters brought medicine to women and women to medicine, women in white coats and how the first women doctors changed the world of medicine. please start submitting your questions now. welcome olivia and janice. to get things kicked off i d love for you to tell me about your books. olivia would you like to start? sure. my book is about victorian women among the first practicing in das who were women in the victorian era. they decided after receiving such terrible sexism and their attempt to get an m.d. they had to work together to establish a medical pool for women and they established the school medical school for women. and the doctors blackwell blackwell elizabeth blackwell is the first woman in the country to receive a medical degree in 1849 and her sister emily who is five years younger was recruited into the field by her older sister and became the t
presidential campaign, and books on the decline of intellectual habits, a movement by former gang members to rebuild their families and lives and a dual biography of andrew jackson and cherokee leader john ross. all this and more this weekend on booktv. for a complete television schedule, visit booktv.org. booktv, 48 hours this weekend of nonfiction books and authors. television for serious readers. historian sally mcmillen is next on booktv. she recounts the life of abolitionist and suffragist lucy stone who she contends should be celebrated amongst the likes of susan b. anthony and elizabeth cady stanton for her activism. it s now my distinct honor and privilege to introduce dr. sally mcmillen who is the mary reynolds babcock professor of history at davidson college in north carolina. she earned her ph.d. at duke university, and along the way we learned today got a degree in library science. she has been one of the most important and productive scholars of 19th century
it s now by distinct honor and privilege to introduce dr. sally mcmillen, he babcock professor of hit in davidson college in north carolina. she earned he ph.d at duke university and we learned today got a degree in library science. she has been one of the most important and productive scholars of 19th century women s history. their many books include motherhood and the old south southern women black and white and seneca falls and the origin of the women s rights movement. her brand new book which we are celebrated tonight and received a wonderful review in the los angeles times is entitled losey stone: an unapologetic life. a path breaking activist whose life has been hidden too long. losey stoned a last has a biography worthy of her inspired and inspiring life. please help me welcome to franklin library society. dr. sally mcmillen. [applause] thank you so much, rich, and i just wanted to sea it s an absolute delight to be here. i want to thank rich for inviting me and