Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors?: The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell

In the 1830s, when a brave and curious girl named Elizabeth Blackwell was growing up, women were supposed to be wives and mothers. Some women could be teachers or seamstresses, but career options were few. Certainly no women were doctors.

But Elizabeth refused to accept the common beliefs that women weren't smart enough to be doctors, or that they were too weak for such hard work. And she would not take no for an answer. Although she faced much opposition, she worked hard and finally--when she graduated from medical school and went on to have a brilliant career--proved her detractors wrong. This inspiring story of the first female doctor shows how one strong-willed woman opened the doors for all the female doctors to come.
Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors? by Tanya Lee Stone is an NPR Best Book of 2013

This title has Common Core connections.

Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Published: 02/19/2013
Pages: 40
Weight: 0.86lbs
Size: 11.24h x 8.81w x 0.38d
ISBN: 9780805090482
Age: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.1
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 156975 / Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors? the Story of Elizabeth Blackwell


Award: Beehive Awards - Winner
Award: Red Clover Award - Nominee
Award: North Carolina Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Charlotte Award - Nominee


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2012
Booklist 01/01/2013 pg. 102
Publishers Weekly 02/04/2013
School Library Journal 02/01/2013 pg. 96
Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2013 pg. 138
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2013 - Superior,Well Above Average

About the Author

Tanya Lee Stone loves to write about women pushing boundaries where no woman has before, in books like Elizabeth Leads the Way, Almost Astronauts, and now Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors? Her work has received such accolades as the ALA Robert F. Sibert Award, SCBWI Golden Kite Award, Bank Street's Flora Steiglitz Straus Award, and the Jane Addams Children's Book, Boston Globe-Horn Book, and NCTE Orbis Pictus honors.

Marjorie Priceman has twice received Caldecott Honors, one for her illustrations in Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin! and one for Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride, which she both wrote and illustrated. She lives in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.