![]() ![]() My Name is Mary Sutter is a fascinating look at one aspect of our country’s history: the development of the medical field, born out of necessity because of the Civil War. This is a story about one woman’s certainty of who she really is and what she was put on this earth to do, and her determination to become a doctor in an era where this was unheard of for a woman. In addition, her family can’t understand her calling, and her mother especially just wants her home safe. Her new job is fraught with issues – there’s never enough time to care for everyone, so many soldiers die despite her best efforts, and she runs for days and days on no sleep and little nourishment. When the nursing corps turns her down because of her age (she’s too young), she finds herself meeting with President Lincoln and, upon his recommendation, working in the Union Hotel Hospital as assistant to chief surgeon William Stipp. Mary Sutter is twenty years old when the Civil War breaks out, and for her this is the perfect opportunity to take her trade as a midwife and turn it into a career as a doctor. ![]() ![]() Title: My Name is Mary Sutter Author: Robin Oliveira Release date: Publisher: Viking Adult Pages: 384 Genre: Historical fiction Source: Publisher ![]()
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