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Author Enss, Chris, 1961- author.

Title The doctor was a woman : stories of the first female physicians on the frontier / Chris Enss.

Publication Info. Essex, Connecticut : TwoDot, [2024]

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 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - New Materials  610.922 ENSS    Check Shelf
Description xii, 177 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Jenny Murphy: Yankton Doctor of Medicine -- Lillian Heath: Wyoming Surgeon -- Eliza Cook: First Licensed Woman Doctor in Nevada -- Emma French: The Railroad Doctor -- Bessie Efner: Open Range Doctor -- Bethenia Owens: Northwest Physician -- Lucy Hobbs: Pioneer Dental Heroine -- Fannie Dunn Quain: Physician Fighting Lung Disease -- Harriet Belcher: Beloved Santa Barbara Doctor -- Romania Pratt: First Woman to Practice Medicine in Utah -- Sofie Herzog: Woman Railroad Surgeon -- Helen MacKnight Doyle: The Resolute Doctor -- Elizabeth McDonald Watson: Soldier of the Living.
Summary "The long-awaited follow up title to Chris Enss's bestselling Doctor Wore Petticoats, profiles 10 new female physicians of the Old West, published in time for Women's History Month. Given the media coverage during the 2020 pandemic, the celebration of the heroics of health care workers and women's work are trending subjects"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Women physicians -- West (U.S.) -- Biography.
Physicians -- West (U.S.) -- Biography.
Medicine -- West (U.S.) -- History.
Women physicians.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Added Title Stories of the first female physicians on the frontier
Other Form: Online version: Enss, Chris. Doctor was a woman Essex, Connecticut : TwoDot, [2024] 9781493062935 (DLC) 2023032064
ISBN 9781493062928 hardcover
1493062921 hardcover
9781493062935 electronic book
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