These bibliographies provide materials for the woman physicians featured in the Changing the Face of Medicine exhibition. A list of books provides suggested K-12 reading materials and videos that explore the possibilities for women in the world of medicine. The research bibliography provides additional resources on the history of women in medicine and a selection of autobiographies by women physicians.
- Baldwin, Joyce. To Heal the Heart of a Child: Helen Taussig, M.D. New York: Walker and Company, 1992.
Reading Level: Grades 5-7
Featured Physicians: Helen Taussig - Bel Monte, Kathryn I. African-American Heroes & Heroines: 150 True Stories of African-American Heroism. Illustrated by Kathryn I. Bel Monte. Hollywood: Lifetime Books, Inc., 1998.
Reading Level: Grades 6-8
Featured Physicians: Rebecca Crumpler, Mae Jemison - Bolden, Tonya. And Not Afraid to Dare: The Stories of Ten African-American Women. New York: Scholastic Press, 1998.
Reading Level: Grades 4-7
Featured Physicians: Mae Jemison - Bortstein, Larry. After Olympic Glory: The Lives of Ten Outstanding Medalists. New York: Frederick Warne, 1978.
Reading Level: Grades 4-7
Featured Physicians: Tenley Albright - Bowman, Kathleen. New Women in Medicine. Mankato: Creative Educational Society, Inc., 1976.
Reading Level: Grades 4-6
Featured Physicians: Mary Calderone, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross - Brew, Lydia E. The Story of Edith Irby Jones, M.D. N.p., 1986.
Reading Level: Grades 5-7
Featured Physicians: Edith Irby Jones - Brown, Jordan. Elizabeth Blackwell. American Women of Achievement. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1989.
Reading Level: Grades 6-9
Featured Physicians: Elizabeth Blackwell - Brown, Marion Marsh. Homeward the Arrow's Flight. Nashville: Abingdon, 1980.
Reading Level: Grades 5-7
Featured Physicians: Susan Picotte - Butts, Ellen R., and Joyce R. Schwartz. May Chinn: The Best Medicine. New York: W.H. Freeman and Company, 1995.
Reading Level: Grades 4-6
Featured Physicians: May Chinn - Campbell, Robin. Florence Sabin: Scientist. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1995.
Reading Level: Grades 3-6
Featured Physicians: Florence Sabin - Clapp, Patricia. Dr. Elizabeth: A Biography of the First Woman Doctor. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1974.
Reading Level: Grades 7-12
Featured Physicians: Elizabeth Blackwell - Cox, Clinton. African American Healers. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2000.
Reading Level: Grades 5-7
Featured Physicians: Rebecca Crumpler, M. Jocelyn Elders, Justina Ford, Deborah Prothrow-Stith - Curtis, Robert H. Medicine: Great Lives. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1993.
Reading Level: Grades 5-8
Featured Physicians: Elizabeth Blackwell, Helen Taussig - Dunnahoo, Terry. Emily Dunning: A Portrait. Chicago: Reilly & Lee Books, 1970.
Reading Level:Grades 5-8
Featured Physicians: Emily Barringer - Epps, Charles H. Jr., Davis G. Johnson, and Audrey L. Vaughan. African-American Medical Pioneers. Rockville: Betz Publishing Company, 1994.
Reading Level: Grades 7-10
Featured Physicians: Helen Dickens, Roselyn Epps, Gertrude Hunter, Renee Jenkins, Audrey Manley, Vivian Pinn, Deborah Prothrow-Stith, M. Jeanne Spurlock - Ferris, Jeri. Native American Doctor: The Story of Susan La Flesche Picotte. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, Inc., 1991.
Reading Level: Grades 4-7
Featured Physicians: Susan Picotte - Garza, Hedda. Women in Medicine. New York: Franklin Watts, 1994.
Reading Level: Grades 11 and above
Featured Physicians: Elizabeth Blackwell, Emily Blackwell, Rebecca Cole, Rebecca Crumpler, Matilda Evans, Vanessa Gamble, Alice Hamilton, Catherine Howell, Mary Jacobi, Halle Johnson, Ann Preston, Florence Sabin, Helen Taussig, Mary Walker, Marie Zakrzewska - Glimm, Adele. Elizabeth Blackwell: First Woman Doctor of Modern Times. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000.
Reading Level: Grades 3-7
Featured Physicians: Elizabeth Blackwell - Greene, Carol. Elizabeth Blackwell: First Woman Doctor. Chicago: Childrens Press, Inc., 1991.
Reading Level: Grades 1-3
Featured Physicians: Elizabeth Blackwell - Hansen, Joyce. Women of Hope: African Americans Who Made a Difference. Foreword by Moe Foner. New York: Scholastic Press, 1998.
Reading Level: Grades 4 and above
Featured Physicians: Alexa Canady, Mae Jemison - Hasday, Judy L. Extraordinary Women Athletes. New York: Childrens Press, 2000.
Reading Level: Grades 4-7
Featured Physicians: Tenley Albright - Hayden, Robert C. 11 African-American Doctors. Frederick: Twenty-First Century Books, 1992.
Reading Level: Grades 4-7
Featured Physicians: Jane Wright - Henry, Joanne Landers. Elizabeth Blackwell: Girl Doctor. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks, 1996.
Reading Level: Grades 2-5
Featured Physicians: Elizabeth Blackwell - Hume, Ruth Fox. Great Women of Medicine. New York: Random House, 1964.
Reading Level: Grades 7-12
Featured Physicians: Elizabeth Blackwell, Alice Hamilton, Mary Jacobi, Florence Sabin - Hunter, Shaun. Leaders in Medicine. New York: Crabtree Publishing Company, 1999.
Reading Level: Grades 3-5
Featured Physicians: Dorothy Andersen, Virginia Apgar, S. Josephine Baker, Gerti Cori, Alice Hamilton, Mae Jemison, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Antonia Novello, Helen Taussig, Florence Sabin - Jemison, Mae C. Find Where the Wind Goes: Moments From My Life. New York: Scholastic Press, 2001.
Reading Level: Grades 4-7
Featured Physicians: Mae Jemison - Kaye, Judith. The Life of Florence Sabin. New York: Twenty-First Century Books, 1993.
Reading Level: Grades 4-7
Featured Physicians: Florence Sabin - Kent, Jacqueline C. Women in Medicine. Minneapolis: The Oliver Press, Inc., 1998.
Reading Level: Grades 5-8
Featured Physicians: Virginia Apgar, Elizabeth Blackwell, Dorothy Brown, May Chinn, Alma Morani, Susan Picotte, Helen Taussig, Mary Walker - Klass, Perri. A Not Entirely Benign Procedure: Four Years As a Medical Student. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1987.
Reading Level: Grades 10 and above
Featured Physicians: Perri Klass - Kline, Nancy. Elizabeth Blackwell: A Doctor's Triumph. Berkeley: Conari Press, 1997.
Reading Level: Grades 5-8
Featured Physicians: Elizabeth Blackwell - Krapp, Kristine, ed. Notable Black American Scientists. Detroit: Gale, 1999.
Reading Level: Grades 10-12
Featured Physicians: Dorothy Brown, Rebecca Cole, Rebecca Crumpler, M. Jocelyn Elders, Matilda Evans, Dorothy Ferebee, Mae Jemison, Halle Johnson, Edith Irby Jones, Margaret Lawrence, M. Jeanne Spurlock, Jane Wright - Kronstadt, Janet. Florence Sabin: Medical Researcher. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1990.
Reading Level: Grades 6-9
Featured Physicians: Florence Sabin - Lindrop, Laurie. Scientists and Doctors. New York: Twenty-First Century Books, 1997.
Reading Level: Grades 6-9
Featured Physicians: Mae Jemison, Susan Love, Helen Taussig - Lyman, Darryl. Great African American Women. New York: Gramercy Books, 1999.
Reading Level: Grades 7-12
Featured Physicians: Mae Jemison - McClure, Judy. Healers and Researchers: Physicians, Biologists, Social Scientists. Austin: Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers, 2000.
Reading Level: Grades 4-6
Featured Physicians: Maude Abott, Hattie Alexander, Dorothy Andersen, Virginia Apgar, S. Josephine Baker, Elizabeth Blackwell, Emily Blackwell, May Chinn, Rebecca Cole, Gerti Cori, M. Jocelyn Elders, Alice Hamilton, Mary Jacobi, Mae Jemison, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Susan Picotte, Dorothy Mendenhall, Rosa Minoka-Hill, Antonia Novello, Ann Preston, Florence Sabin, Helen Taussig, Bertha Van Hoosen, Mary Walker, Anna Williams, Jane Wright, Marie Zakrzewska - McKissack, Patricia, and Frederick McKissack. African-American Scientists. Brookfield: The Millbrook Press, 1994.
Reading Level: Grades 4-6
Featured Physicians: Rebecca Cole, Rebecca Crumpler, Mae Jemison - McLenighan, Valjean. Women and Science. Milwaukee: Raintree Publishers, 1979.
Reading Level: Grades 3-5
Featured Physicians: Alice Hamilton, Florence Sabin - McPherson, Stephanie Sammartino. The Workers' Detective: A Story About Dr. Alice Hamilton. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, Inc., 1992.
Reading Level: Grades 3-6
Featured Physicians: Alice Hamilton - Morey, Janet Nomura, and Wendy Dunn. Famous Hispanic Americans. New York: Cobblehill Books, 1996.
Reading Level: Grades 4-6
Featured Physicians: Antonia Novello - Noble, Iris. The First Woman Ambulance Surgeon. New York: Julian Messner, Inc., 1962.
Reading Level: Grades 6-9
Featured Physicians: Emily Barringer - Phelan, Mary Kay. Probing the Unknown: The Story of Dr. Florence Sabin. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1969.
Reading Level: Grades 5-8
Featured Physicians: Florence Sabin - Potter, Joan, and Constance Claytor. African Americans Who Were First. New York: Cobblehill Books, 1997.
Reading Level: Grades 4-6
Featured Physicians: Rebecca Crumpler, Mae Jemison - Ptacek, Greg. Champion for Children's Health. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, Inc., 1994.
Reading Level: Grades 3-6
Featured Physicians: S. Josephine Baker - Ranahan, Demerris C. Medicine. Minneapolis: Dillon Press, Inc., 1981.
Reading Level: Grades 5-8
Featured Physicians: Virginia Apgar, Adele Hofmann, Olga Jonasson, Elizabeth Blackwell, Mary Jacobi, Alice Hamilton, Susan Picotte, Helen Taussig, Jane Wright, Marie Zakrzewska - Redberg, Rita F., and Judith Love Cohen. You Can Be a Woman Cardiologist. Culver City: Cascade Press, Inc., 1996.
Reading Level: Grades 2-4
Featured Physicians: Rita Redberg - Sabin, Francene. Elizabeth Blackwell: The First Woman Doctor. Mahwah: Troll Associates, 1982.
Reading Level: Grades 2-4
Featured Physicians: Elizabeth Blackwell - Schleichert, Elizabeth. The Life of Elizabeth Blackwell. Frederick: Twenty-First Century Books, 1992.
Reading Level: Grades 4-7
Featured Physicians: Elizabeth Blackwell - Sinnott, Susan. Extraordinary Hispanic Americans. Chicago: Childrens Press, 1991.
Reading Level: Grades 4-6
Featured Physicians: Antonia Novello - Steelsmith, Shari. Elizabeth Blackwell: The Story of the First Woman Doctor. Seattle: Parenting Press, Inc., 1987.
Reading Level: Grades K-3
Featured Physicians: Elizabeth Blackwell - Stille, Darlene R. Extraordinary Women of Medicine. New York: Children's Press, 1997.
Reading Level: Grades 5-9
Featured Physicians: Hattie Alexander, Dorothy Andersen, S. Josephine Baker, Elizabeth Blackwell, Emily Blackwell, Emeline Cleveland, Alice Hamilton, Bernadine Healy, Mary Jacobi, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Elise L'Esperance, Hannah Longshore, Esther Lovejoy, Anita McGee, Rosa Minoka-Hill, Antonia Novello, Susan Picotte, Ann Preston, Helen Taussig, Bertha Van Hoosen, Mary Walker, Jane Wright, Marie Zakrzewska - Stille, Darlene R. Extraordinary Women Scientists. Chicago: Childrens Press, 1995.
Reading Level: Grades 5-9
Featured Physicians: Gerti Cori, Mae Jemison, Florence Sabin - Sullivan, Otha Richard. African American Inventors. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1998.
Reading Level: Grades 5-7
Featured Physicians: Jane Wright - Vare, Ethlie Ann, and Greg Ptacek. Women Inventors & Their Discoveries. Minneapolis: The Oliver Press, Inc., 1993.
Reading Level: Grades 4-7
Featured Physicians: S. Josephine Baker - Verheyden-Hilliard, Mary Ellen. Scientist and Physician: Judith Pachciarz. Bethesda: The Equity Institute, 1988.
Reading Level: Grades 2-3
Featured Physicians: Judith Pachchiarz - Wilkerson, J. L. A Doctor to Her People: Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte. Kansas City: Acorn Books, 1999.
Reading Level: Grades 3-6
Featured Physicians: Susan Picotte
