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I’m Giving Away 20 Paperback Copies of “Murder In the Haunted Chamber” on Goodreads

Bybilllefurgy

The author’s dilemma: how to inform readers about a new book without a big-budget advertising budget? Ironically, perhaps, the answer is to give away copies for free! And so, I’m running a book giveaway contest on Goodreads for my new book until September 14, 2021. The prize is one of 20 autographed paperback copies of…

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Women doctors faced profound discrimination a century ago

Bybilllefurgy

Women now make up about 60 percent of doctors under 35. The situation was very different in the past. In her book “Doctors Wanted, No Women Need Apply”: Sexual Barriers in the Medical Profession, 1835-1975, Mary Roth Walsh recounts the terrible difficulty women faced in studying medicine and in working as physicians. During the “golden…