Even though women were practicing medicine as far back as ancient times—just look at the female students at Heliopolis, Egypt, in 1500 b.c.e.—and although modern women are making gains in parity within the workforce, medicine continues to be an unequal craft.
While increasing numbers of women are applying to medical school (usually at levels equal to men, and even surpassing them in first-time applicants in 2016), female physicians and surgeons still earn on