Dale DeBakcsy
The Last of the Women Physicians: Dorothea Leporin Erxleben.
Prior to the eighteenth century, the answer to the question, ‘Who was allowed to practise medicine?’ was relatively simple: just about...
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Dale DeBakcsy
Apr 22, 2023
Breaking the Shackles Procreative: Margaret Sanger and the Creation of the Pill
In 1912, it was against the law in the United States to publish a book that contained descriptions of birth control methods. It was...
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Dale DeBakcsy
Apr 22, 2023
The Experimentalist: The Tale of Mary Putnam Jacobi vs. Proper Victorian Medicine
As we have seen, the nineteenth century boasts a rich roster of medical women, any one of whom is the stuff of heroes: the trailblazing...
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Dale DeBakcsy
Apr 22, 2023
The Path of Most Resistance: Sophia Jex-Blake and the Fight for Women’s Medical Education
She had founded first England’s and then Scotland’s first medical school for women, and been instrumental in the passing of the Medical...
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