Janice P. Nimura is the winner of a 2017 Public Scholar award from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the author of Daughters of the Samurai: A Journey from East to West and Back, a New York Times Notable Book. She lives in New York City.
Elizabeth Blackwell believed from an early age that she was destined for a mission beyond the scope of 'ordinary' womanhood. Though the world at first recoiled at the notion of a woman studying medicine, her intelligence and intensity ultimately won her t...[SEE MORE]