The New York Times BestsellerThe triumphant story of three courageous women who become the first female doctors. 'These women changed the world' - Nina Sankovitch, bestselling author of American RebelsIn the early 1800s, women were dying in large numbers from treatable diseases because they avoided receiving medical care. Examinations performed by male doctors were often demean...(展开全部)

In the early 1800s, women were dying in large numbers from treatable diseases because they avoided receiving medical care. Examinations performed by male doctors were often demeaning and even painful. In addition, women faced stigma from illness--a diagnosis could greatly limit their ability to find husbands, jobs or be received in polite society. Motivated by personal loss and...(展开全部)

For the last twenty years, Melinda Gates has been on a mission to find solutions for people with the most urgent needs, wherever they live. Throughout this journey, one thing has become increasingly clear to her: If you want to lift a society up, you need to stop keeping women down. In this moving and compelling book, Melinda shares lessons she’s learned from the inspiring peop...(展开全部)

1. 《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜No.1； 2. 《福布斯》权力榜女性领袖、比尔及梅琳达·盖茨基金会联席主席、微软女性领导者之一——梅琳达·盖茨处女作； 3. 比尔·盖茨亲自晒书推荐，入选奥巴马年度书单； 4. 书写世界女性不为人知的悲怆与反抗，看见性别偏见，重塑女性自我。 在比尔与梅琳达·盖茨基金会成立20年，帮助了全球数以亿计的女性、儿童之后，联席主席梅琳达·盖茨首次来到台前，通过此书讲述她所目睹的无数底层女性的困境及抗争；分享她对男女不平等根源的深度思考，发展和投资女性的实践经验，以及那些致力于改善女性生存环境的理想主义者，正如何以一己之力改变世界。从女性生育自主、受教育权、家务劳动、童婚问题到职场性别歧视，梅琳达发现，只要不去拖累女性，就如同给她们翅膀，而提升女性，也必将给整个社会带来繁荣。 在本书中，你会读到全球杰出女性的励志故事，也会读到作...(展开全部)

Outsiders tells the stories of five novelists - Mary Shelley, Emily Brontë, George Eliot, Olive Schreiner, Virginia Woolf - and their famous novels.We have long known their individual greatness but in linking their creativity to their lives as outsiders, this group biography throws new light on the genius they share. 'Outsider', 'outlaw', 'outcast': a woman's reputation was her...(展开全部)

林德尔•戈登（Lyndall Gordon），1941年生于南非开普敦，美国哥伦比亚大学文学博士，以罗德学者身份前往牛津大学，现为牛津大学圣希尔达学院资深研究员。 胡笑然，北京师范大学外文学院英语系讲师，英国伦敦大学玛丽女王学院英语文学博士。 肖一之，上海外国语大学英语学院讲师，美国布朗大学比较文学博士。 许小凡，北京外国语大学英语学院讲师，英国诺丁汉大学英语文学博士。

Mary Shelley, Emily Brontë, George Eliot, Olive Schreiner and Virginia Woolf: they all wrote dazzling books that forever changed the way we see history. In Outsiders, award-winning biographer Lyndall Gordon shows how these five novelists shared more than talent. In a time when a woman's reputation was her security, each of these women lost hers. They were unconstrained by conve...(展开全部)

An erudite history of medicine...a welcome addition to any medical collection. -- Booklist How does medical science advance? Popular historians would have us believe that a few heroic individuals, possessing superhuman talents, lead an unselfish quest to better the human condition. But as renowned Yale surgeon and medical historian Sherwin B. Nuland shows in this brilliant coll...(展开全部)

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