lucy s dad was trying to convince me that doc mcstuffens was a big deal a pop culture rarity that could have a real social impact but i needed a little bit of independent sourcing so i called my daughter parker who was 10 at the time and asked if she heard of doc mcstuffens. well she hadp. parker told me doc is awesome, smart and cool and yes doc is a little black girl like her. parker felt an african-american girl as a central character in a mainstream children s program was inspired and parker wasn t alone. little doc was also a point of pride to some real-life doc mcstuffens. black women doctors like aisha taylor in texas found inspiration in the doc character. she and others formed a society which now has a membership of more than 4700 women physicians of color worldwide. the show was pitched initially without fae artwork and it was disney s idea to make the doc
on your own is really an important factor. jenna: i m so curious about this, dr. radcliffe, because this is one thing, one of many things women have been able to lord over many the past decade, we live longer, we live longer than then and men are catching up to us. men are catching up to us because they re actually living longer and that gap is closing. so, again, just your final thoughts. is there anything specific to women where this is happening in these counties where it is not happening to men? i think there is a different face of poverty we see in the generation compared to those before. we see higher rates of snowing. back in the 1920s, no respectable woman would be caught dead smoking. women s lib gave us great opportunity. we have three women physicians on panel talking to you but it is not good to smoking rates. women are smoking as much as men are now. jenna: i wish we could then coin continue the conversation. an interesting topic. not clear why. it is a little baffling