$42.91
- Paperback
344 pages
- Release Date
4 June 2025
Summary
Against the Odds: New Zealand’s Trailblazing Women Doctors
In 2025, as the Otago Medical School celebrates its 150th anniversary, women comprise 50% of its graduates. This stands in stark contrast to 1891, when Emily Seideberg, the school’s first female graduate, faced considerable opposition simply to gain admission.
“Against the Odds” chronicles the journeys of the pioneering women who, between the 1880s and 1967 (the year the Auckland Medical School opened), overcame indi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781991016980 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1991016980 |
| Author: | Cynthia Farquhar, Michaela Selway |
| Publisher: | Massey University Press |
| Imprint: | Massey University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 344 |
| Release Date: | 4 June 2025 |
| Weight: | 600g |
| Dimensions: | 230mm x 163mm x 27mm |
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About The Author
Cynthia Farquhar
Professor Cynthia (Cindy) Farquhar is the daughter of an early medical woman (Meredyth Gunn; 1952). Cindy trained in medicine and graduated from the School of Medicine at the University of Auckland in 1981. She trained in obstetrics and gynaecology in New Zealand and London and is the Postgraduate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Auckland. She has been the recipient of several research awards, most recently the Beaven Medal in 2024.
Michaela Selway is a PhD student in early medieval history at the University of Tübingen, Germany. She received her Master of Arts in History from the University of Auckland in 2020 and has worked as a historical researcher for the Early Medical Women of New Zealand project since that time. Her doctoral research is supported by the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes research scholarship for academic excellence.
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