Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors?

Here's a refreshing introduction to a regularly but often dryly cited female 'first'. --The Horn Book Stone presents the highly readable and detailed story of a girl who is sure to inspire aspiring young doctors. --School Library Journal Staccato text, short and snappy, easy to read yet full of information about both Blackwell and her times. --Booklist, starred review A bracing, vivacious account of a pioneering woman. --Kirkus [a] smart and lively biography of Elizabeth Blackwell. --Publishers Weekly A short, incisive biography. . . . The cameos of action, matched by full-page pictures, make the history accessible. A must for library shelves. --Booklist, starred review on Elizabeth Leads the Way This biography brims with upbeat energy as the spirited woman sets out to change the system--an energy amplified by Rebecca Gibbon's bright folk art-styled pictures. --The Washington Post on Elizabeth Leads the Way [This book] fires up readers with a portrait of the 19th-century feminist Elizabeth Cady Stanton. . . . The sometimes informational tone is animated and energized by Gibbon's plentiful vignettes and paintings, rendered in a vibrant folk-art style. --Publishers Weekly on Elizabeth Leads the Way Through words and pictures that work together and an emphasis on ideas and personality rather than factoids, this well-conceived introduction is just right for a young audience. --School Library Journal on Elizabeth Leads the Way In lively prose well-matched by Gibbon's irrepressible images, Stone tells the story of suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton. . . . A fine introduction for very young readers to the woman and her key role in American history. --Kirkus Reviews on Elizabeth Leads the Way