{"product_id":"twice-as-hard-the-stories-of-black-women-who-fought-to-become-physicians-from-the-civil-war-to-the-21st-century","title":"Twice as Hard: The Stories of Black Women Who Fought to Become Physicians  from the Civil War to the 21st Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eBlack women physicians stories have gone untold for far too long  leaving gaping holes in American medical history  in womens history  and in black history. Its time to set the record straight  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 school. Brown champions these black women physicians  including the stories of:   Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler  who graduated from medical school only fourteen months after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed and provided medical care for the newly freed slaves who had been neglected and exploited by the medical system.   Dr. Edith Irby Jones  the first African American to attend a previously white-only medical school in the Jim Crow South  where she was not allowed to eat lunch with her classmates or use the womens bathroom. Still  Dr. Irby Jones persisted and graduated from medical school  going on to directly inspire other black women to pursue medicine such as . . .   Dr. Joycelyn Elders  who  after meeting Dr. Irby Jones  changed her career ambitions from becoming a Dillards salesclerk to becoming a doctor. In 1993  President Bill Clinton appointed Dr. Elders as the US surgeon general  making her the first African American and second woman to hold this position.  Brown tells the stories of these doctors from the perspective of a black woman in medicine. Her journey as a medical student already has parallels to those of black women who entered medicine generations before her. What she uncovers about these womens struggles  their need to work twice as hard and be twice as good  and their ultimate success serves as instruction and inspiration for new generations considering a career in medicine or science.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44986185941045,"sku":"ByrdShop_0807025089","price":30.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780807025086.jpg?v=1770891131","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/twice-as-hard-the-stories-of-black-women-who-fought-to-become-physicians-from-the-civil-war-to-the-21st-century","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}