Emily Blackwell: Struggle for Acceptance

Rose Hatcher moved from Philadelphia, to Sugar Creek, Oklahoma, to become their first schoolteacher. She soon adapted to country living and loved it. One of her students, Emily Blackwell, captured her heart. Emily came from a large family with a drunken pa, who abused his wife and children. She had always dreamed of becoming the first woman doctor in Oklahoma. Never in her wildest dreams did she think it would ever happen. Her pa could not afford to educate her nor would he, even if he'd ha...