Roberta Bondar

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There are a lot of intelligent women all around the world, and some of those intelligent women are intended to go into medical school. Many people think men doctors are the ones able to handle strong things like being a surgeon or diagnosing diseases. According to the book, 100 Most Important Women in the 20th century, there is a struggle of women doctors and nurses succeeding in their profession and Virginia Apgar is one of those woman who went through this struggle. Clara Baton is another woman who is very inspirational and the founder of the Red Cross. A more recent inspiring woman is Dr. Roberta Bondar. Not a lot of people recognize the historical accomplishments and impacts of women as much as men’s accomplishments. All of these women made an impact in some way, and not everyone takes the time to appreciate what they and other females have done.
One of many struggles women who wanted to pursue the medical field had to go through, was being blocked from what they first intended to be. According to the book, 100 Most Important Women in the 20th century, many females who wanted to be important doctors like surgeons, had to change because men and/or other people including family, friends, and peers convinced them to …show more content…

She was inspired to become a surgeon from observing how immediately after birth, infants tended to be moved off to nurseries to be examined later. Even though she won a rare surgical internship after graduating from medical school, she was advised to change specialties. According to an article from Wisance.com, in 1952, she began testing newborns one minute and five minutes after birth to determine if they needed immediate care. About 10 years later, the medical community made a backronym to remember the criteria scored: appearance, pulse, grimace, activity, and respiration. Now many childbirth nurse take after what Virginia’s method

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