Today’s three flashcards look at three scientists whose work fundamentally changed their fields. They worked in different disciplines, lived in different eras, and faced different obstacles. What connects them is not symbolism or representation. What connects them is that their differences expanded what science was able to see and solve. Scientific progress rarely arrives because a community agrees. It arrives because
In today’s episode, I give a historical account of the life of Haiti’s first female physician, Dr. Yvonne Sylvain, who fought for maternal care, cancer screening, and modern medical practice in the twentieth century.