THE EXCELLENT DOCTOR BLACKWELL: THE LIFE OF THE FIRST WOMAN PHYSICIAN
Book ID/图书代码： 00530016B97566
English Summary/英文概要： When British-born Elizabeth Blackwell earned her medical degree in America in 1849 there was an international outcry. Few at the time would have disagreed with the actress Fanny Kemble’s remark – “What, trust a woman doctor – never!”
Yet by the time Dr Blackwell died in 1910 there were hundreds of women practising medicine on both sides of the Atlantic, thanks in no small part to her courage and determination.
This is a remarkable story, and one by no means confined to medicine. It embraces slavery, the women’s rights movement, the American Civil War and Elizabeth’s personal tragedy (she lost an eye in Paris) - as well as a fascinating cast of characters from Abraham Lincoln to Florence Nightingale.
Using a treasure trove of primary sources, the book reveals how Elizabeth Blackwell’s pioneering efforts helped to fundamentally change the status of women in the West.
‘Julia Boyd resists the temptation to turn Blackwell into one of those old-fashioned feminist icons of the 1970s... the result is thorough and, above all, thoughtful.’ - The Guardian
‘One can only hope that this excellent biography of an excellent doctor will help garner Blackwell the renown she has always deserved.’ - New England Journal of Medicine
‘Julia Boyd’s superb biography reveals B as a complex, tenacious and often frustrating character whose extraordinary single-mindedness changed our world.’ - Victorian Geek
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 1849年，英国出生的伊丽莎白•布莱克威尔在美国获得医学学位后，有这样一则国际新闻出现了。当时大多数人都对女演员范妮•肯布尔说的话深信不疑，她说：“什么，相信一个女医生？永远不要！”
然而，当布莱克威尔博士于1910年去世时，大西洋两岸有数百名女性在行医，这在很大程度上要归功于她的勇气和决心。
这是一个了不起的故事，不局限于医学，还包含了奴隶制、女权运动、美国内战和伊丽莎白的个人悲剧（她在巴黎失去了一只眼睛），以及从亚伯拉罕•林肯到弗洛伦斯•南丁格尔等一系列引人入胜的人物。
这本书利用大量的原始资料，揭示了伊丽莎白•布莱克威尔的开创性努力如何从根本上改变了西方女性的地位。
“朱莉娅•博伊德没有把布莱克威尔变成20世纪70年代老式女权主义偶像，最终写出的作品是彻底的，也是深思熟虑。”——《卫报》
“人们希望一位优秀医生的博客记录将帮助布莱克威尔获得她一直应得的声誉。”——《新英格兰医学杂志》
“朱莉娅•博伊德出色的传记揭示了布莱克威尔是一个复杂、坚韧、令人沮丧的角色，她非凡的专一改变了我们的世界。”——《维多利亚极客》（ZY)
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About the Author/作者介绍： 朱莉娅•博伊德曾在维多利亚和阿尔伯特博物馆工作，之后陪同她的外交官丈夫前往国外担任职务。她出版了许多书，包括《汉娜•里德尔：在日本的英国女人》和最近的《消逝在东交民巷的那些日子》。
Julia Boyd worked at the Victoria and Albert Museum before accompanying her diplomat husband on various foreign postings. She has published a number of books including Hannah Riddell: An Englishwoman in Japan, and more recently A Dance with the Dragon: the Vanished World of Peking’s Foreign Colony.
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