Petticoat surgeon

Description:

Memior of an early medical pioneer Bertha Van Hoosen. Author was one of the first female graduates of medical school. Even rarer, Van Hoosen became a surgeon. Book follows her during her childhood on a farm near Rochester, Michigan, to her time at the University of Michigan medical school and beyond. This is not a comic biography, but Van Hoosen has a light and no-nonsense touch. The earlier portions are somewhat reminiscent of *I Remember Mama.*

subjects: Biography,  Gynecologists,  Obstetricians,  Surgeons,  Women surgeons,  Gynecology,  Women Physicians,  Obstetrics,  Surgery,  History

People: Bertha Van Hoosen (1863-)

Places: Illinois,  Rochester,  Michigan; Pontiac,  Michigan;

Times: 1870-1930