Rights of Passage

Not long ago, I found myself remembering my days as a new medical student at a respected East Coast institution in the early 1970s. We 10 women — out of a class of 200 — were proud of our role as pioneers in the largely male-dominated world of medicine. Facing our cadavers for the first time, none of us fainted — we remained on our feet, eager to begin our hands-on adventure in human anatomy.

Our small group included a brilliant 19-year-old immigrant

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