Author: Adele De Leeuw
Published: ©1944
Publisher: Ace
Illustrator: Rudy Nappi
Lovely Ellen Paige met a
host of violent reactions every time she reaffirmed her intention of being a
doctor. “It’s—well, it’s so unfeminine,” her sister Joyce said. “It’s hard for
a man; it’s even harder for a woman,”
kindly Dr. Seth warned. “I want a doctor—one with pants on,” complained an
injured patient. “No woman should be a doctor—and you least of all,” handsome
Tim Flagg, fellow student, commented. The old prejudice against woman physicians
was still very much alive, but Ellen waged her battle staunchly, determined to
be a doctor as well as a woman—and to be accepted as both.
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