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A Pioneer Woman Doctor's Life by Bethenia Angelina Owens-Adair is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is A Pioneer Woman Doctor's Life about?

A friend once said to her, 'If I wished to increase your height two and a half inches, I would attempt to press you down, and you would grow upward from sheer resentment.' Divorced at eighteen from an abusive husband in 1859 (scandalous at the time), and with a little baby to care for, Bethenia Angelina Owens was determined to make her way in the world. Her family begged her to let them support her but she wanted to earn her own livelihood. Taking in laundry, teaching school, and making cheese were among the tasks she set herself to. She eventually built a thriving business as a milliner that allowed her to send her son to college and to fulfill her own dream of becoming a doctor. Against all odds and a tidal wave of objections by friends, family, and male doctors, she prevailed. Despite the sentiment of the times that it was disgraceful for a woman to practice medicine, she enrolled in 1878 at the University of Michigan.

Who reads A Pioneer Woman Doctor's Life?

Author

Bethenia Angelina Owens-Adair

Publisher

BIG BYTE BOOKS

Published

2014

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Biography, Medical