A medieval nun. A Filipina orphan. A sharecropper's daughter from the American South. They had little in common but a dream and the fortitude to realize it. Hildegarde of Bingen, Dr. Honoria Acosta Sison, and former Surgeon General Jocelyn Elders are just three of the hundreds of entries in Women in Medicine: An Encyclopedia.
Laura Lynn Windsor is a health sciences reference librarian at Ohio University, Athens, OH.
"Women in Medicine is recommended for public, secondary-school, and college collections that need more coverage in this area." - Booklist "Nicely illustrated, this encyclopedia is both comprehensive and accessible ... Highly recommended." - Choice "[P]rovides entries about numerous women who are not covered in readily available sources. Women in Medicine will be a valuable addition to high school, academic, and public libraries." - American Reference Books Annual
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