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9781493026517: More than Gold in California: The Life and Work of Dr. Mary Bennett Ritter
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ISBN 10 : 1493026518 ISBN 13 : 9781493026517
Editeur : TwoDot, 2017

Synopsis

Mary Bennett Ritter was a farmer’s daughter who in the 1880s defied all conventions to pursue her passion: to receive medical training and become a physician. Ritter’s memoir is a riveting account of her accomplishments and a revealing peek into an earlier era through her keen sense of observation, humor, savvy, and her courage to challenge gender norms. It is filled with adventures— house calls via horse and buggy rides through the dark streets of Berkeley; a spurned lover’s suicide; a near drowning at Pacific Grove Beach; one of the first automobile rides across rugged California dirt roads; intercontinental rail travel; and voyages to the Far East. As the story unfolds, readers encounter the movers and shakers of their times—University of California presidents and families of wealth and influence, including the Scrippses, and the Hearsts, and the Rockefellers.

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À propos de l'auteur

Gesa Kirsch is a Professor of English at Bentley University.Her work in women’s studies and rhetorical studies is extensive; she has authored and co-authored three books and edited five others.

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Éditeur
TwoDot
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1493026518
ISBN 13 
9781493026517
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
356
Éditeur
Kirsch Gesa
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
Simon and Schuster Netherlands BV
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