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Emily Blackwell: Struggle for Acceptance

Emily Blackwell: Struggle for Acceptance

Paperback

Series: Will Cain Western, Book 7

Westerns

ISBN10: 1506176224
ISBN13: 9781506176222
Publisher: Createspace
Published: May 30 2015
Pages: 262
Weight: 0.78
Height: 0.55 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
Rose Hatcher moved from Philadelphia, to Sugar Creek, Oklahoma, to become their first schoolteacher. She soon adapted to country living and loved it. One of her students, Emily Blackwell, captured her heart. Emily came from a large family with a drunken pa, who abused his wife and children. She had always dreamed of becoming the first woman doctor in Oklahoma. Never in her wildest dreams did she think it would ever happen. Her pa could not afford to educate her nor would he, even if he'd had the money. He thought the woman's place was in the home, cooking, cleaning, satisfying her husband, and raising a bunch of youngins.Rose's parents, Jack and Joy Hatcher, were wealthy. Things changed at the Blackwell house and Emily was finally free. The Hatchers agreed to take her into their home and educate her. They became her new parents. She was ecstatic.After graduating from medical school, she couldn't find a job. No one would hire her because she was a woman. Discouraged, she decided to move back home to Sugar Creek. Dr. River Stone made her his partner at the clinic. Love blossomed between the two of them. Even in the small town, Emily had a hard struggle of being accepted as a woman doctor. Triumph and tragedy follow her...

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