A Biographical Dictionary of Women Physicians Nineteenth- Century America

Containing over 7000 entries, this comprehensive reference volume captures the diversity of the individual American women who sought to become physicians, their wide range of medical interests, their accomplishments in the field, pertinent medical and autobiographical writings, and their impact on the profession and on American culture. It includes all known women who received medical degrees, and a few notable women who were identified as physicians through apprentice systems.