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‘You’re taking the place of a man’ - the women medical school grads who changed history

Summary by North & South Magazine
The unimaginably challenging path for women medical students in Aotearoa between 1896 and 1967, is chronicled in the first ever history of the small but determined group who battled prejudice and indifference to succeed and contribute to improved health outcomes. By Cindy Farquhar and Michaela Selway, ‘Against the odds: stories of New Zealand’s first medical women’ includes those who faced even more pressure: the first wahine Māori graduate, Rina
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North & South Magazine broke the news in on Thursday, June 19, 2025.
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