Elizabeth Blackwell: America's First Woman Doctor
Discover the brilliant life Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States, in this powerful graphic novel. With comic book-style illustrations and short, engaging sentences, this biography will inspire, entertain, and inform young readers about an individual who made a significant contribution to society. This must-have graphic novel includes a bibliography, extended reading list, glossary, and further Internet sources.
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Elizabeth Blackwell: America's First Woman Doctor
Discover the brilliant life Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States, in this powerful graphic novel. With comic book-style illustrations and short, engaging sentences, this biography will inspire, entertain, and inform young readers about an individual who made a significant contribution to society. This must-have graphic novel includes a bibliography, extended reading list, glossary, and further Internet sources.
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Elizabeth Blackwell: America's First Woman Doctor

Elizabeth Blackwell: America's First Woman Doctor

Elizabeth Blackwell: America's First Woman Doctor

Elizabeth Blackwell: America's First Woman Doctor

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Overview

Discover the brilliant life Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States, in this powerful graphic novel. With comic book-style illustrations and short, engaging sentences, this biography will inspire, entertain, and inform young readers about an individual who made a significant contribution to society. This must-have graphic novel includes a bibliography, extended reading list, glossary, and further Internet sources.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780736896603
Publisher: Capstone
Publication date: 09/01/2006
Series: Capstone Graphic Biographies Series
Pages: 32
Sales rank: 249,657
Product dimensions: 7.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.12(d)
Age Range: 8 - 14 Years

About the Author

Trina Robbins grew up in Brooklyn, New York. Her mother, a second-grade schoolteacher, taught her to read at age four. She says, "It is the greatest gift anyone has ever given to me." Robbins turned her love of books into a lifelong career. For more than 30 years, she has been writing graphic novels and children's books. Her work includes comics such as Wonder Woman and Powerpuff Girls, as well as GoGirl!, her own graphic novel series for girls.

Cynthia Martin has worked in comics and animation since 1983. Her credits include Star Wars, Spider-Man, and Wonder Woman for Marvel Comics and DC Comics, in addition to work as a storyboard artist for Sony Children's Entertainment and the Krislin Company. Cynthia's recent projects include an extensive series of graphic novels for Capstone Press and two issues of Blue Beetle for DC Comics. She also illustrated the book Alley of Shadows, published by Stone Arch Books.

Table of Contents


A Dream Is Born     4
Studying Medicine     10
Troubles in Paris     18
A Dream Comes True     22
More about Elizabeth Blackwell     28
Glossary     30
Internet Sites     30
Read More     31
Bibliography     31
Index     32
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