
The letters of Dr. Mary Percy, who at the age of 25 left home in Birmingham to take on responsibilities as a doctor, dentist, public health officer, and coroner in the Peace River area of Northern Alberta, ministering to the Metis and Native people, as well as to increasing numbers of immigrant families. The introduction by editor McGinnis provides a detailed discussion of Percy's life and an assessment of the value of her letters in terms of the historiography of women, of medicine, and of the North. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher:
Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c1995-
ISBN:
9780802071873
0802071872
9780802005823
0802005829
9781552381694
1552381692
0802071872
9780802005823
0802005829
9781552381694
1552381692
Branch Call Number:
971.23 JAC
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