Introduction : go tomorrow to the hospital to see the she doctors!
Part I. The bold pioneers. Florence Nightingale : Victorian rule breaker
Elizabeth Blackwell : medical pioneer
Clara Barton : bold angel
Marie Zakrzewska : woman's spirited ally
Rebecca Lee Crumpler and Rebecca Cole : first African American women physicians
Mary Edwards Walker : gutsy surgeon in pants
Part II. Medical women making headway. Bertha Van Hoosen : unstoppable petticoat surgeon
Susan La Flesche Picotte : a bridge between worlds
Elizabeth Kenny : dogged nurse from the Outback
Mary Carson Breckinridge : mountaineer nurse on horseback
Helen Taussig : from blue to a lovely shade of pink
Virginia Apgar : the Apgar score
Part III. And today still fighting. Catherine Hamlin : the fistula pilgrims
Edna Adan Ismail : the dump that became a hospital
Anne Brooks : sister doctor with attitude
Jerri Nielsen : icy courage
Kathy Magliato : a persistent heart
Bonnie Mason : taking it to the nth dimension
Adele Levine : a leap of faith
Sherrie Ballantine-Talmadge : back on the field!