Women in White Coats and Penn Hospital Museum Tour

Nowadays we may take female doctors for granted, but it was a hard fought battle for the women who first tried to enter the field. Join Audrey for a tour of Penn Hospital Museum at America's first hospital founded in 1751 and lunch to discuss Women in White Coats,the story of female pioneers who challenged medical schools, hospitals, and licensing bodies on both sides of the Atlantic. A confrontation between male and female medical students in this very hospital was one of the stories that inspired author Olivia Campbell to begin researching Women in White Coats. 💰FEE: $17 covers museum entrance and guided tour. Brunch is pay on your own. HOW TO PAY: You must purchase your ticket directly through the museum’s website here: https://pahmuseumtickets.pennmedicine.org/ !!! Choose the 11 AM tour on 11/15!!!! LIMIT 25 - FIRST PAY GOES 📚NOVEL: Women in White Coats by Olivia Campbell Genre: Literary Nonfiction For fans of Hidden Figures and Radium Girls comes the remarkable story of three Victorian women who broke down barriers in the medical field to become the first women doctors, revolutionizing the way women receive health care. In the early 1800s, women were dying in large numbers from treatable diseases because they avoided receiving medical care.