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A review by bethmitcham
Patricia's Vision: The Doctor Who Saved Sight by Michelle Lord, Alleanna Harris
4.0
This biography of Patricia Bath covers her childhood (focussed on science and education) and career as a eye doctor, where she opened new possibilities for people and communities. She connected her Harlem neighborhood clinic with the eye surgeons of Columbia medical school. She refused to accept second tier status when she became the first woman on the Jules Stein Eye Institute faculty -- rejecting the basement closet they proposed as her first office. She invented the laser tool that clears out cataracts, which is how the author first learned about her. All this was stuff I had never heard.
The pictures are simple but deeply rich and saturated. I think they are done on computer? It's a realistic style with backgrounds chosen to focus attention. And I like how quotes from Bath are woven into the text, showing Bath's dedication to her patients and resistance to prejudice, whether aimed at women or Blacks.
The backmatter has a timeline of Bath's life, including her death in 2019, a note from the author about discovering Dr Patricia Bath, her interviews with her, and other resources. It also has a dense page of more information, including her meeting with Dr Martin Luther King Jr. There's a works cited section and more reading "About Other Women in Stem" but they are hard for me to see because the library cover keeps most of the last page obscured.
The pictures are simple but deeply rich and saturated. I think they are done on computer? It's a realistic style with backgrounds chosen to focus attention. And I like how quotes from Bath are woven into the text, showing Bath's dedication to her patients and resistance to prejudice, whether aimed at women or Blacks.
The backmatter has a timeline of Bath's life, including her death in 2019, a note from the author about discovering Dr Patricia Bath, her interviews with her, and other resources. It also has a dense page of more information, including her meeting with Dr Martin Luther King Jr. There's a works cited section and more reading "About Other Women in Stem" but they are hard for me to see because the library cover keeps most of the last page obscured.