Women Rewriting the Story of War

Constant Wonder - Radio Archive, Episode 941

Apr 2, 2021 7:00 pm
52:50 mins

Women who reported on the Vietnam War had to wage internal battles of their own. Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell were the first female doctors in the United States.

Episode Segments

Episode Segments

How Three Women Rewrote the Story of War

34 MINS

Women who wanted to cover the Vietnam War had to fight "the enemy within" to gain access to the battlefield.

How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine

19 MINS

The first woman to go to medical school in America was admitted as a joke.