Claire Rothman
The heart specialist
Claire Rothman · 2009
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Set in Quebec at the turn of the 19th to 20th century, the story of Agnes White, a lonely orphaned girl fascinated by the "wrong" things--microscopes, dissections, and anatomy instead of more ladylike interests--who rises to the status of one of the world's most celebrated pioneering women doctors. Not only does she break through patriarchal academic barriers; she masters the science of the human heart, becoming a scholar of international fame, all in a place and time inimical to intelligent women. Inspired by the career of Maude Abbott, one of Canada's first female physicians.
Book details
- Year
- 2009
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Cormorant Books
- Editions
- 4
- Pages
- 325
- ISBN
- 9781897151211
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