The Doctor Rode Side-Saddle
The Remarkable Story of Elizabeth Matheson, Frontier Doctor and Medicine Woman
Paperback
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9780889771604,
166 pages,
April 2003
Description
The remarkable story of Elizabeth Matheson stands out as a biography of one of Canada's extraordinary women and as a compelling picture of pioneer life on the prairies. One of Canada's first woman doctors, she was a determined and truly remarkable person, whose characters and achievements, from her early days in Ontario and India to her death in 1958 are recounted by her daughter, author Ruth Matheson Buck.