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The Cure for Women is an absorbing, often infuriating (the topic, not the book!), and always fascinating history of the obstacles women had to overcome to pursue an education and career in medicine. The book is particularly relevant due to the current revival of laws from the 1860’s & 70’s to control women’s healthcare as well as the apparent continuing lack of understanding of how the human female body actually works.

The book dicusses a number of talented female doctors and medical providers with Mary Putnam Jacobi as a prime focus, and I’m so glad to have learned about her life & legacy. She was a brilliant doctor who also fought for women’s rights. She was able convince at least a few open minded male doctors that women could be extremely talented physicians who deserved opportunities and credit for their work and achievements.

I highly recommend this book!

The Cure for Women follows the early struggles of female doctors but focuses on the life of Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi. I had never heard of Dr. Putnam, which frustrates me. Why have we not celebrated this important doctor? Well, my guess is because she focused on women while the male-dominated field of doctors wanted to silence her. She was the first doctor to conduct research, unlike her male colleagues that came up with crazy theories to keep women from higher education. Many of the male doctors had no data, but wrote books to support their ideas. I have some 19th century books on medicine that deal with women, so I knew before reading this book about men's views, but to read Dr. Putnam's story was eye opening. I am forever thankful that I read The Cure for Women, and as a society, we need to celebrate women's accomplishments instead of letting them disappear into history. Thank you, Ms. Reeder for writing this book!

It was difficult for me to read the experiments on animals. It was common, but I still struggled to read about them.

As a nurse and proud member of the health-care profession, I always enjoy good, historical novels about nurses/MD's. This one caught my attention, and I found it a very accurate history of women in the medical worlds, after Elizabeth Blackwell. Reeder tells the story very well, of women's plight to become the best MD's, and they have, in my opinion.
Thank you NetGalley for this e-book to enjoy.

I really enjoyed reading this book. It was very well researched and I learned a lot from this book. I would highly recommend this book.

"The Cure for Women" by Lydia Reeder is a solid, well-researched narrative history that will appeal to readers who appreciated "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks."

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