Women in Medicine: A Celebration of Their Work

A photographic tribute to women medical professionals. An introduction traces women's role in medicine from ancient Egypt to the present, the book is striking unposed and candid photographs and memorable quotes, historic and contemporary.

Created as a tribute to the role of women in the medical world, this volume begins with a history of women in medicine, illustrated with historic photos. The bulk of the work is made up of photos of women at their work in hospitals. The photos of this album, which are presented as full-page (and some two-page) b&w plates, were taken in hospitals in the US and Canada. The photos are accompanied by quotes by notable women in medicine and other fields.
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A photographic tribute to women doctors, nurses and other medical professionals.

Women in Medicine celebrates the women who spend their lives providing treatment, giving comfort and easing the pain of patients in hospitals and clinics across North America.

The book's introduction traces the tumultuous progress of women healers from ancient Egypt until the present. Centuries before medical schools formally trained women, they learned through trial and error by caring for family members. The acceptance of women's ability to heal changed with the times — one era's angel of mercy was another era's witch. Today, women comprise over 80 percent of all medical workers and are increasing their numbers as doctors, surgeons, researchers and professors.

The striking black and white photographs capture the daily working lives of women in medicine in a variety of roles including: Midwives Nurses Technicians Therapists Physicians' Assistants Researchers.

Sprinkled throughout these candid, unposed images are memorable quotes from both historic and contemporary sources.