Against the Odds ‘264 pages of pure pleasure’

‘264 pages of pure pleasure’ — Andy McGechan

Painting tips included

is a masterful visualisation of McDowall’s data

flicking through feels like going for a walk just after it’s stopped raining

Massey University Press has taken the kind of project that might usually be found within the wonderful but enclosed world of limited edition books

Against the Odds ‘264 pages of pure pleasure’The women who battled prejudice and indifference to become doctors In 2025, the year Otago Medical School celebrates 150 years, 50 per cent of graduates are women. Back in 1891, by contrast, when Emily Siedeberg, who would go on to become the schools first woman graduate, applied for entrance it was not at all clear that it would be granted. This book traces the paths of the women who, between the 1890s and 1967, battled indifference and chauvinism