Pioneer Doctor

The Story of a Woman's Work

De: Mari Graña

Narrado por: Patricia Davis

When Mollie Babcock stepped off the train in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1890, she knew she had to start a new life. She'd left her husband and their medical practice in Iowa, and with only a few hundred dollars in her pocket and a great deal of pride, she set out to find a new position as a physician. She was offered a job as doctor to the miners at Bannack, Montana, and thus began her epic adventures in the Rocky Mountain West.

The true story of a medicine woman who found opportunity in the wide-open spaces of America's frontier west, Pioneer Doctor: The Story of a Woman's Work, is not just a beautifully written and thoroughly researched story of a fascinating woman's life. It is also the story of an era when daring women ventured forth and changed history for the rest of us.

©2023 Mari Graña (P)2023 Rowman & Littlefield

Interesting!

I would recommend it as a study of medicine in the 1800s and also visit the Bannack, Montana Ghost Town.

The AI mispronounced words was distracting and diminished the story

AI should not be used. Just terrible reading of a great story. I had trouble continuing the book. Very worthwhile story however.

Poor reader. Thought it was a computer.

I actually thought this was a computer generated voice and was surprised to see it had been “performed” by a professional reader. Inflections and pronunciations were consistently off throughout. It made listening very tedious.

Great woman's history

The story was very interesting. I was not fond of the reading was just that. Reading. I'm used to the readers taking on the voices of the characters which would have made it more entertaining in my opinion. It was very informative as far as early medicine.