Doctor Was a Woman: Stories of the First Female Physicians on the Frontier

WESTERN 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 book, author Chris Enss offers a glimpse into...