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Women Aren't Supposed to Fly: The Memoirs of a Female Flight Surgeon Paperback – March 24, 2008

by Harriet Hall (Author)
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 29 ratings
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When Harriet Hall graduated from medical school in 1970 and entered the Air Force, she was in a distinct minority. As the second woman ever to do an Air Force internship, she had to fight for acceptance. Even a patient's 3 year old daughter proclaimed, "Oh, Daddy! That's not a doctor, that's a lady." She was refused a residency, paid less than her male counterparts, couldn't live on base, and couldn't claim her husband as a dependent because he wasn't a wife. After six years as a general medical officer in Franco's Spain, she became a family practice specialist and a flight surgeon, doing everything from delivering babies to flying a B-52. She earned her pilot's license despite being told "Women aren't supposed to fly," and eventually retired from the Air Force as a full colonel. She is witness to an era when society was beginning to accept women in traditionally male jobs but didn't entirely like the idea yet. A somewhat warped sense of humor kept her afloat, and it spices the stories she tells about her own experiences and the patients and colleagues she encountered.
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    0595499589
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ iUniverse; First Edition (March 24, 2008)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 234 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0595499589
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0595499588
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.59 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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  • Newf Person
    5.0 out of 5 stars Dr. Hall's Book Funny, Sad, Entertaining
    Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2009
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    Dr. Harriet Hall's book is a well-written, smoothly flowing autobiography of a woman who wouldn't let the system beat her down. She became an Air Force physician and flight surgeon in an era where only 7 percent of America's doctors were women and probably the percentage was even lower in the armed forces.

    She recounts the discrimination she faced, the occasional stupidity of military bureaucrats, no worse than their civilian counterprarts I might add.

    At the same time, she has a self-acknowledged warped sense of humor that made me laugh out loud.

    I acknowledge I'm not toally impartial. I know Dr. Hall through the internet as we both fight medical quackery. But I have never met her in person, much less been treated by her. This exposed a side of her that one doesn't see in the somewhat starchy, always professional Skepdoc.

    It turned Col Harriet Hall, USAF, MC, (ret.) into a human being.
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  • Always reading
    4.0 out of 5 stars I did not like all the sexual content of her book
    Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2017
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    Appreciated all that Dr Hall had to go through to accomplice what she did. I did not like all the sexual content of her book. I worked as a female in the medical field starting in the early 70's and constantly fought the sexual harassment of the males without any recourse for many years. For her to join them and think sharing the jokes is entertaining insults me as a female. But her story was worth telling. Hope her daughters are brought up to know this is not right!
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  • Ullrich Fischer
    5.0 out of 5 stars A gripping, funny, heartwarming autobiography of an American Hero.
    Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2012
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    In addition to being a real page turner, this book should be required reading for anyone contemplating a career in medicine and/or the military. Her matter of fact approach to the challenges she faced as a woman carving out a professional career in an era when the concept of woman's equality was still much less commonly supported than it is today is an inspiration and a great example for anyone wishing to follow her career path.
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  • Rex Campbell
    3.0 out of 5 stars Yes, she DID fly!
    Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2016
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    Informative, humorous and an inside look at what it means to be a female Flight Surgeon in the Air Force. This was at a time when it was unusual to have women doctors in such a position, but after reading the book, I'm happy to know she was doing what she did, where she did it and the level of care she provided to our service personnel and their families.
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  • S. W. Helms
    5.0 out of 5 stars A very good read!...
    Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2018
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    Harriet Hall is an accomplished physician, and a terrific writer. This book is entertaining, well written, and humorous (despite the stories of sexism she suffered through).
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  • Cedarlila
    4.0 out of 5 stars Fun read
    Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2018
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    A memoir of a most unlikely feminist, this is a fun one to read nonetheless. Harriet never whines about being kept back for being female, she rolls up her sleeves, buckled down, and proves her worth and her place in the world. The jokes are bad, but so funny. Only room for improvement would be some editing.
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  • R. L. Leonard
    5.0 out of 5 stars Well worth reading
    Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2017
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    Good read of a life well spent, followed by superb anaysis of important medical byways
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  • Danielle Baum
    5.0 out of 5 stars A fascinating memoir
    Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2011
    This is a fascinating memoir of one of the first female flight surgeons and the battles she endured not only in the Air Force and earning her pilot wings, but also in medical school itself. This isn't necessarily what I would call a traditional autobiography that many people maybe used to, where it reads more like a story (probably because so many today are written with the help of ghost writers.) Instead Harriet tells her life story in short brief blurbs with brief factual statements and some of these blurbs/statements only last a paragraph before jumping to the next one without much of a transition. And while it's a bit distracting at first, it actually makes a much more compelling memoir because it feels more grounded in reality. It almost feels like we're having a casual conversation with her which makes it that much easier to follow the story...and is fantastic.
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  • P. Ebersohl
    5.0 out of 5 stars Very good read
    Reviewed in France on October 12, 2018
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    Too short! Really loved it.
    Check her web articles written as "skepdoc".
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