My name is Mary Sutter
By: Robin Oliveira
Series: Thorndike Press large print historical fiction; Thorndike Press large print historical fiction
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Waterville, Me
Language: eng
Number of pages: 643
ISBN-13: 9781410426383
Subjects: Nurses; Large type books; American Civil War (1861-1865) fast (OCoLC)fst01351658; Fiction; History
Description: Mary Sutter is a brilliant, headstrong midwife from Albany, New York, who dreams of becoming a surgeon. Determined to overcome the prejudices against women in medicine - and run away from her recent heartbreak - Mary travels to Washington, DC, to help tend the legions of Civil War wounded. Under the guidance of two surgeons who unwittingly fall in love with Mary's courage, she pursues her medical career in the capital.