Women in White Coats: How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine

Quite an interesting and sometimes incredible story of what these young women went through just to get the privilege of studying medicine with the male students. Overcoming bigotry, constant roadblocks, strident misconceptions of the female gender and more were part and parcel of all the trials these young women had to endure just to study medicine, let alone practice as doctors. My granddaughter is a fourth year medical student. I bought this book for her and for me. After reading it, I told her she stands on the shoulders of all those incredibly persistent women who forged ahead and damned the consequences. Like her, they had a dream, and eventually, over time, they fulfilled it and aided all the women doctors coming after them.

A very well-written, easy to read story of the struggles of three of the first women doctors and the prejudices they faced and overcame simply to become educated and professional. These three ladies helped to advance medical practices and gave hope to many other women to become doctors.

I had no idea of the obstacles that stood in the way of our first female doctors by the male establishment. I found myself drawn into these women’s struggles, sharing their anger and frustration.

I wish this had a better editor to help the writer present the information in a more cohesive way. I consider myself a feminist and of course was outraged at the obstacles these women faced, but at times I was actually bored reading this.

Read a review in the paper and thought it was an interesting story. Ordered for my niece who is a 3rd year med student. She enjoyed it.

Gave it as a gift to a female physician. She liked it and said it described medical school and residency experiences.

Kept hoping the story would pick up, get a bit more exciting but it kept going on and on. Monotonous

Very disappointed in the author. Maybe good youth book.