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On a winter day in 1902 the newspapers in New York City printed a story that provoked a storm of controversy--for the first time in the history of the United States, a woman was allowed to intern in a hospital, a position that entitled her to practice medicine on equal terms with men. For Emily Barringer, a slender, attractive woman in her mid-twenties, the appointment was the climax to eight year... More

On a winter day in 1902 the newspapers in New York City printed a story that provoked a storm of controversy--for the first time in the history of the United States, a woman was allowed to intern in a hospital, a position that entitled her to practice medicine on equal terms with men. For Emily Barringer, a slender, attractive woman in her mid-twenties, the appointment was the climax to eight years of diligent study and sacrifice. She had no way of knowing that it also marked the beginning of what was to become a trying ordeal.

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