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1 y separately published work icon Honourable Healers : Pioneering Women Doctors Merrilyn Murnane , North Melbourne : Australian Scholarly Publishing , 2015 9196441 2015 single work biography

'In mid-nineteenth century, women were expected to remain at home, as wives and mothers. In Britain, the United States and Australia, teaching was the only respectable profession for women; even nursing was frowned upon. In this environment, three remarkable women rewrote the history books by becoming doctors in a world where women were not even allowed to vote.' (Publication summary)
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