When I was growing up, menstruation was called “the curse.” It was a curse – once used to enslave women, including barring co-educational pursuits. It took the medical research of one woman, Dr. Mary ...

“Where are the women?” This rephrasing of a well-known protest song resonates when reflecting on 3000 years of European medical history. While there have been notable women healers like Hildegard of ...

For centuries, women faced seemingly insurmountable barriers to entering medicine and science, and were relegated to roles as caregivers rather than recognized as physicians and surgeons. Historically ...