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April 1st 2009
by Alma Books
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Hardcover, 318 pages
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1846880645
(isbn13: 9781846880643)
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<DIV>As a young girl from a wealthy family, Ginko Ogino seems set for a conventional life in the male-dominated society of 19th-century Japan. B…more
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Read in April, 2009
This is a very well written and entertaining account of Japan's first woman doctor and her struggles to become one. The story starts with Ginko leaving her husband and returning to her parent's with gnorrhea, a sexually transmitted disease, courtesy of the husband. Back then, there was no cure so Ginko suffered much. She seeks medical treatment and realizes the dire need for women doctors after undergoing the uncomfortable and rather degrading physical exams performed by male doctors. Unfortunat...more
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Read in September, 2009
As a novel, not brilliant. But as a story, intriguing.
The story of Japan's first licensed female doctor, follows Ogino Ginko from her initial motivation to become a doctor (revenge, basically) through years of study and her attempts to overcome prejudice and bureaucracy to be allowed first to enter medical school, and then to sit for the licensing exam.
She runs a successful clinic in Tokyo for a number of years, but the last 3rd of the book veers into an interesting cod...more
The story of Japan's first licensed female doctor, follows Ogino Ginko from her initial motivation to become a doctor (revenge, basically) through years of study and her attempts to overcome prejudice and bureaucracy to be allowed first to enter medical school, and then to sit for the licensing exam.
She runs a successful clinic in Tokyo for a number of years, but the last 3rd of the book veers into an interesting cod...more
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Based on a true story, Ginko Ogino returns to her family having been infected with gonorrhoea by her husband. Her humiliating treatment by the medical establishment prompts her to embark upon an epic mission to become a doctor, so that… “I and countless other women will be saved from terrible shame.”
Medical training for women in 19th century Japan simply did not exist, but undeterred Ginko battled her way through the medical establishment, overcoming terrible discrimination and famil...more
Medical training for women in 19th century Japan simply did not exist, but undeterred Ginko battled her way through the medical establishment, overcoming terrible discrimination and famil...more
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'But what others see is what I am. My existence is reflected in the eyes of other people - isnt it?'
'That's what you've always been taught.'
'Is it wrong?'
'That's what you've always been taught.'
'Is it wrong?'
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Read in June, 2009
I just finished this one, all in one day! It was fascinating. True story. Loved loved loved.
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