Tara B. (mataelga) reviewed As Long As Life: The Memoirs of a Frontier Woman Doctor on + 5 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
I had a hard time putting this book down. Dr Rowland lived a full life caring for others regardless of their social class. The events she experienced both of a personal nature as well as on a national level, tested her strength to overcome and endure. She was one of very few women in the medical field when she began her career and never let the discrimination from the mostly male medical community dissuade her from her life's calling.
Sheryl Z. (szamp) reviewed As Long As Life: The Memoirs of a Frontier Woman Doctor on + 25 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
While reading this book I could easily imagine myself sitting at the fireside of a colleague (Dr Rowland) as she told me stories of her life as one of the very very few female physicians practicing a hundred years ago. The book is not in chronological order but a collection of vignettes of one pioneer woman's life. The book is not politically correct, it is not about male bashing or "poor me I had to work so hard". The is an autobiography from a kind soul.
Gives real insight as to what life was like in the late 1800s and early 1900s from the perspective of a female physician. Very interesting and enlightening.
