TY  - BOOK
AU  - Zakrzewska,Marie E.
AU  - Vietor,Agnes C.
TI  - A Woman's Quest: The life of Marie E. Zakrzewska, M.D
AV  - R 
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Women physicians -- United States -- Biography
KW  - Zakrzewska, Marie E. (Marie Elizabeth), 1829-1902
N1  - Release date is 2022-02-26; The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.); Originally published; United States: D. Appleton and Company, 1924
N2  - "A Woman's Quest: The Life of Marie E. Zakrzewska, M.D." edited by Agnes C. Vietor, M.D. is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This biographical work follows the remarkable life of Dr. Marie E. Zakrzewska, an early female physician, and highlights her efforts in pioneering women's roles in medicine during a tumultuous era for women's rights. The narrative addresses her journey from childhood through education and her struggles to establish women's hospitals while advocating for women's rights in the medical field.  The opening of the biography presents Dr. Zakrzewska's motivations for sharing her life story, emphasizing the importance of self-determination among women. It covers her early memories in Berlin, touching upon notable anecdotes from her childhood that reveal her evolving character and ambitions. The narrative sets the stage for her passion for medicine, influenced by her mother's work as a midwife, and hints at her future struggles against societal norms that sought to limit women's roles within the professional sphere. This introduction captures both the challenges she faced and her unwavering determination to make a significant impact in medicine for future generations of women. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://archive.org/details/56411390R.nlm.nih.gov/page/n9/mode/2up
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67504
ER  -