Dale DeBakcsySep 24, 2023MedicineMaking Women Physicians: Marie Zakrzewska and the Creation of the New England Hospital for Women I wish to say farewell to all those who thought of me as a friend, to all those who were kind to me, assuring them all that the deep...
Dale DeBakcsyApr 26, 2023MedicineFounder’s Curse: The Hard Rise and Long Fall of Elizabeth Blackwell, the First Woman MDThe long life of Elizabeth Blackwell (1818–1910), the world’s first woman to earn a medical degree, can be divided into two roughly equal...
Dale DeBakcsyApr 22, 2023MedicineThe Experimentalist: The Tale of Mary Putnam Jacobi vs. Proper Victorian MedicineAs we have seen, the nineteenth century boasts a rich roster of medical women, any one of whom is the stuff of heroes: the trailblazing...