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Exploration: Dreamland

Welcome to Exploration: Dreamland, a quiet read-aloud of the writings of explorers of the real world and the worlds of imagination. Drop anchor, relax into your comfortable bunk, and drift off to Dreamland with us for naptime or nighttime. New episodes every Sunday.

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Opening the Medical Profession to Women - Episode 35

Mar 19, 2023

Drift off to Dreamland with us as we read “Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women, Autobiographical Sketches” by Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell.

The book will be read in order so if you would like to begin at the beginning, please start with Season 2, Episode 26.

This episode includes Dr. Blackwell’s early years of practice in New York with both her triumphs and her struggle. She later returns to England to encourage women to begin studying medicine there.