The pioneering surgeon who stood up to Rasputin

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Worauf wartest du noch? Starte dein Business, bevor es zu spät ist. Kostenlos starten auf Shopify.com Why has one of history's most remarkable surgeons been almost completely forgotten? That's the question that acclaimed biographer Miranda Seymour takes on in her latest book, I Vera, an account of the astonishing life of the world's first female professor of surgery.

In today's episode of the History Extra podcast, Miranda tells Eleanor Evans about the painstaking research that uncovered a woman whose legacy was deliberately erased. and explains why her achievements deserve to be celebrated today. Miranda, thank you so much for joining me on the History Extra podcast. How are you doing today? I'm Very happy to be here. Such a terrific podcast, so I feel very honored. It's lovely to be hosting you today, and we're here to talk about your latest subject, Vera Gedroyd, the subject of your biography, I Vera. I wanted to ask, you mentioned in your introduction a bait that hooks you in as a story-loving biographer. What was it? I think that I said in my introduction that I'm a biographer who's very much drawn to the idea of writing about women who have been neglected, misread, misinterpreted, basically who I feel I want

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