The Woman with the Cure by Lynn Cullen
Star Rating: ★★★★★
The race for the cure for polio is on, and one woman thinks she is onto something but is discounted among her male peers. 'The Woman with the Cure' is an incredible book about real people and real-life events as doctors and scientists raced to find a cure for polio. It is striking to read this book in a post-COVID era, as the parallels of Dorothy Horstmann (with polio) and Kati Kariko (mRNA vaccines) are undeniable evidence of history repeating itself in a sad way. However, women in medicine are proving time and time again that they know what's possible and ignore the naysayers as they stay focused on work for the betterment of (wo)mankind.
Format read: Paperback