The Indomitable Lady Doctors

The Indomitable Lady Doctors
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Publisher : Goodread Biography
Total Pages : 260
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ISBN-10 : 0887801293
ISBN-13 : 9780887801297
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Book Synopsis The Indomitable Lady Doctors by : Hacker, Carlotta

Download or read book The Indomitable Lady Doctors written by Hacker, Carlotta and published by Goodread Biography. This book was released on 1984-01-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet a dozen fascinating women, pioneers in the medical world, adventurers who went west with the homesteaders, missionaries who went to Tibet, China and India, scholars the academic community had to recognise. The medical establishment in Canada didn't accept these women doctors easily, and their battles for admittance into this profession are revealing. Author Carlotta Hacker presents her biographical profiles in a lively, entertaining style.


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