Table of Contents
Prologue: The Forgotten History of Healing 11
Chapter 1 A Lady Doctor 15
Chapter 2 Surely, She Is a Joke 23
Chapter 3 Another Elizabeth Blazes the Trail 46
Chapter 4 More Than a Nurse 63
Chapter 5 Young Sophia 82
Chapter 6 Sophia in America 93
Chapter 7 Facing Down Hurdles as America's First Woman Doctor 107
Chapter 8 Changing the Culture, One Patient at a Time 118
Chapter 9 Lizzie Is Pushed into Private Study 137
Chapter 10 The Blackwells Welcome Sophia in New York 151
Chapter 11 Lizzie Takes On London 163
Chapter 12 Sophia Storms Edinburgh 173
Chapter 13 Emily's Turn to Shine in New York 194
Chapter 14 A Lady Doctor Gets Married 203
Chapter 15 The Campaign in Edinburgh Ends 225
Chapter 16 Finding a Way Forward 248
Chapter 17 Societies and Controversies 255
Chapter 18 A Place All Their Own in London 265
Chapter 19 On to Separate Paths 291
Epilogue: A Lasting Legacy 301
Acknowledgments 305
Author Note 307
Select Bibliography 309
Notes on Sources 313
Reader's Guide 349
Index 359