Vowing to become a doctor herself so that other females would not have to continue suffering such indignities at the hands of male doctors,she sets out to gain the education she needs in order to gain entry into a medical college. She ostracizes herself by seeking a divorce from her husband and has to live with the stares from the villagers and her family's disapproval. Sent to the hospital in Tokyo for treatment, she is shocked and humiliated at her treatment at the hands of the doctors and medical students. A fictitious look at the life story of Ginko Ogino, the first female doctor in Japan.īorn to a wealthy family in Japan in the early 19th century, Ginko Ogino, had no inkling of how her life would change when she first came back to her family home, after being infected with gonorrhea by her husband of one year.
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