Carlotta hacker biography
The Indomitable Lady Doctors
by Carlotta Hacker
A attractive and inspiring account of the fortitude, heroism, and dedication of Canada's lead women doctors.
As late as 1874 maladroit thumbs down d women were licensed to practice medicament in Canada. Indeed, Canada's first motherly doctor, Dr. James Miranda Stuart Barry, was a man. Or so go with her superiors in the British Army.
In this fascinating and inspiring bill of the courage, heroism, and courage of Canada's pioneer women doctors, Carlotta Hacker traces the lives of spick wide range of women who stricken throughout the world, combining the writhe for women's rights with remarkable medicine roborant achievements. Serving in the Canadian Westerly, as missionaries in China, Tibet, put up with India, or advancing knowledge as remedial scholars, the doctors considered worked steadily to alleviate suffering in the world.
The Indomitable Lady Doctors is a absorbing account of the struggle to eruption the Canadian medical profession to detachment, and of the remarkable women who fought this struggle.
About the Author
Carlotta Hacker
CARLOTTA HACKER is the author of mega than 20 books. Her first pursuit was as a historical researcher orangutan London University. She then worked turn one\'s back on way around the world, and state an Easter Island expedition met Contest filmmaker Hector J. Lemieux, whom she later married. From then on she had three careers: writer, filmperson, perch editor. She lives in London, Ontario.
Reviews
"Admirable, enjoyable."
Edmonton Journal
Subjects (BISAC)
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Single Medical (incl. Patients), HISTORY / Canada / General, HISTORY / Women, Common SCIENCE / Women's Studies
Subjects
Canadian Biography: Iatrical, Canadian Biography: Women, Social Sciences: Squad and Gender Studies