Doc Susie: The True Story of a Country Physician in the Colorado Rockies

Virginia Cornell
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The bestselling true story of a woman doctor at the turn of the century and her triumph over prejudice, poverty, and even her own illness. When she arrived in Colorado in 1907, Dr. Susan Anderson had a broken heart and a bad case of tuberculosis. But she stayed to heal the sick, tend to the dying, fight the exploitative railway management, and live a colorful, rewarding life.
Genres: NonfictionBiographyHistoryHistoricalMedicalWomensMemoirAmericanWomens StudiesMedicine
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