Doctor Was a Woman: Stories of the First Female Physicians on the Frontier Horror_Gift_Guide author of H is for

author of H is for Hawk

Her tragic execution at the Tower of London on the 19th of May

Her last four years in the small town of Anvil have been mediocre at best

Joel Sternfeld

and a resounding cry to change the world

Doctor Was a Woman: Stories of the First Female Physicians on the Frontier Horror_Gift_Guide author of H is forWESTERN WRITERS OF AMERICA SPUR AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST WESTERN HISTORICAL NONFICTION WOMEN WRITING THE WEST WILLA AWARD FINALIST "No women need apply." Western towns looking for a local doctor during the frontier era often concluded their advertisements in just that manner. Yet apply they did. And in small towns all over the West, highly trained women from medical colleges in the East took on the post of local doctor to great acclaim. In this new