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K-Gr 2—This picture-book biography of America's first woman doctor takes readers back to the 1840s when "girls were only supposed to become wives and mothers. Or maybe teachers, or seamstresses." Stone presents the highly readable and detailed story of a girl who is sure to inspire aspiring young doctors. The anecdotes are well chosen to demonstrate Blackwell's unflagg...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Here's a refreshing introduction to a regularly but often dryly cited female "first." The girl "who tried sleeping on the hard floor with no covers, just to toughen herself up" becomes the young woman who proved she was as smart as any of the male students at Geneva Medical School, and, eventually, the woman doctor who opened the first hospital for women, run by women, because no one else would hire her. Elizabeth Blackwell's early life is outlined in trim conversational prose...Log In or Sign Up to Read More