More Than Gold in California: The Life and Work of Dr. Mary Bennett Ritter

Gesa E. Kirsch

ISBN 10: 1493026518 / ISBN 13: 9781493026517

Published by Two Dot Books, 2017

Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G1493026518I2N00

Synopsis:

Mary Bennett Ritter was a farmer’s daughter who in the 1880s defied all conventions to pursue her passion: to receive medical training and become a physician. Ritter’s memoir is a riveting account of her accomplishments and a revealing peek into an earlier era through her keen sense of observation, humor, savvy, and her courage to challenge gender norms. It is filled with adventures― house calls via horse and buggy rides through the dark streets of Berkeley; a spurned lover’s suicide; a near drowning at Pacific Grove Beach; one of the first automobile rides across rugged California dirt roads; intercontinental rail travel; and voyages to the Far East. As the story unfolds, readers encounter the movers and shakers of their times―University of California presidents and families of wealth and influence, including the Scrippses, and the Hearsts, and the Rockefellers.

About the Author: Gesa Kirsch is a Professor of English at Bentley University. Her work in women’s studies and rhetorical studies is extensive; she has authored and co-authored three books and edited five others.

Bibliographic Details

Title: More Than Gold in California: The Life and ...
Publisher: Two Dot Books
Publication Date: 2017
Binding: Paperback
Condition: As New
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket