Twice as Hard: The Stories of Black Women Who Fought to Become Physicians, from the Civil War to the 21st Century (Beacon Press, 2023)
Jasmine Brown (Photo: Marcy Brown)
Joyce Robert, MD, FAAFP
Twice as Hard: The Stories of Black Women Who Fought to Become Physicians, from the Civil War to the 21st Century
(Beacon Press, 2023)
Saturday, September 30
10:30 a.m.
Lewes Public Library Meeting Room
About the book
Selected as one of the “Best Books of January 2023” by shondaland.com, Twice as Hard establishes a lineage of Black women doctors whose accomplishments are undeniably important and deeply contemporary. As she profiles each woman, ranging from Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler, who graduated 14 months after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed and provided medical care for the newly freed slaves, to present-day leaders, Brown weaves her own experiences into these intimate histories.
This event is presented in partnership with Beebe Healthcare and Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice (SDARJ).
About the author
Jasmine Brown is a student at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. A Rhodes Scholar, she has a Master of Philosophy degree in the history of science, medicine, and technology from the University of Oxford. As an undergraduate at Washington University in St. Louis, she founded the Minority Association of Rising Scientists.
Brown will in conversation with Joyce Robert, MD, FAAFP at the event.
Joyce Robert, MD, is program director of the Family Medicine Residency at Beebe Healthcare, responsible for designing and implementing a new, community-based residency program. She is certified by the American Board of Family Medicine and is a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians.
Purchase the book
Please help support local independent bookstores by purchasing this book at Browseabout Books, official bookseller of the History Book Festival. Online sources and digital versions are tempting; however, supporting local brick and mortar shops helps to preserve our vibrant main streets. Drop by Browseabout, order books online, or call the store at 302-226-2665. You also may purchase a copy at biblion in Lewes.
About the Festival
The History Book Festival is the first and only book festival in the United States devoted exclusively to history. With the help of our presenting funding partners — Delaware Humanities and The Lee Ann Wilkinson Group, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices I PenFed Realty — as well as our program and community partners, volunteers, and donors, the 2023 History Book Festival will be full of great discussions with authors of newly published narrative nonfiction and historical fiction. Our Keynote Address is presented by Sally Mott Freeman and John K. Freeman, and our Closing Address is presented by Dogfish Head Beer & Benevolence.
Special thanks to our program partners for their continuing support: the Lewes Public Library for event promotion and venue; Browseabout Books in Rehoboth Beach, official bookseller of the History Book Festival; Lewes Chamber of Commerce for event promotion, and the Cape Gazette and Delmarva Public Media, our media partners.
Additional thanks to our community partners: ACLU Delaware, Beebe Healthcare, CAMP Rehoboth, Historic Lewes Farmers Market, Lewes Historical Society, Rehoboth Art League, Rehoboth Beach Historical Society & Museum, Seaside Jewish Community, and Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice (SDARJ).