I always love when I learn something new from a play and Hoke's short audio play doesn't disappoint. She serves history smoothly alongside a dramatic story crackling with the obstacles of gender and science and shows us how sadly 1850 wasn't too far away from where we are today.

A fascinating history of the shift to when doctors were allowed in the room changing gender barriers. Well done!

Hoke takes a fascinating piece of history and brings it to life with this radio drama. She expertly delivers just enough detail of the time and place - armed with nothing but sound! - to center us. All the while, she delivers on a topic in which she is well-versed - the battle of the genders - as twenty medical students sit around, commenting on the progress of an anonymous woman as she prepares to give birth, marking a monumental moment in medical advancement. And shades of current events, as the most important progress is met by scandalized pearl clutchers.