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African American physicians African American physicians United States Biography African American physicians United States History 19th century African American physicians United States History 20th century African American women physicians African American women physicians United States Biography MEDICAL / General United States Women physicians Women physicians United States BiographyHeminway, John Hylan
Summary: "A woman's quest for a new life in Africa in the wake of World War II -- and a heroic career that hid a secret past. Over the span of fifty years, Dr. Anne Spoerry, French by birth, treated hundreds of thousands of individuals across rural Kenya. A member of the renowned Flying Doctors Service, Spoerry earned the cherished nickname "Mama Daktari"--"Mother Doctor"--from the people of Kenya. Yet...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2018
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Summary: "No real account of black women physicians in the US exists, and what little mention is made of these women in existing histories is often insubstantial or altogether incorrect. In this work of extensive research, Jasmine Brown offers a rich new perspective, penning the long-erased stories of nine pioneering black women physicians beginning in 1860, when a black woman first entered medical...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2023