Instead of wishing to see more doctors made by women joining what there are, I wish to see as few doctors, either male or female, as possible. For, mark you, the women have made no improvement — they have only tried to be men and they have only succeeded in being third-rate men.


Letter to John Stuart Mill (12 September 1860), published in Florence Nightingale on Society and Politics, Philosophy, Science, Education (2003) edited by Lynn McDonald

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Instead of wishing to see more doctors made by women joining what there are, I wish to see as few doctors, either male or female, as possible. For,...

Instead of wishing to see more doctors made by women joining what there are, I wish to see as few doctors, either male or female, as possible. For,...

Instead of wishing to see more doctors made by women joining what there are, I wish to see as few doctors, either male or female, as possible. For,...

Instead of wishing to see more doctors made by women joining what there are, I wish to see as few doctors, either male or female, as possible. For,...