Post copyright by Doris McCraw/Angela Raines-author As the Pikes Peak Library District Symposium draws closer, I’ve spent more time looking at the larger picture of the women doctors who received their license to practice medicine around the same time as Susan, Doc Susie, Anderson, who started her practice in Cripple Creek, Colorado in 1897. SheContinue reading “Doc Susie’s Colorado Contemporaries”
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Is It Worth Saving?
Post copyright by Doris McCraw For those who wonder, the program went well in Victor on March 19. Great audience and I was gifted with the pleasure of meeting the grand daughter of Dr. Kate Yont, who may have practiced in Victor, Colorado prior to 1900. She had someone drive her from a little overContinue reading “Is It Worth Saving?”
A LITTLE JOURNEY
Post copyright by Doris McCraw/Angela Raines The weather has been a bit crazy for some folks this year, either we’re colder/hotter or dryer/wetter than usual. Of course we can always fall back on the topic of the weather, but today is something special. Why special, because every day is special if you make it. I’veContinue reading “A LITTLE JOURNEY”
No, I’ve Not Forgotten
Post copyright 2016 by Doris McCraw/Angela Raines-author With the Holidays behind us, resolutions maybe forgotten, I’ve still not forgotten the Women Doctors in Colorado prior to 1900. While I’ve posted different post, I’ve been pretty constant in my research. These women have worked their way into my psyche and I don’tContinue reading “No, I’ve Not Forgotten”
WHY
Post copyright 2015 by Doris McCraw I think two-year olds are on to something. Why? Why! Why. Why is why so important? For someone like me, when I ask the why I am able to focus on the stories. I also share some of the whys that create the content on this blog. Why doContinue reading “WHY”
The Other Half
Post written and copyright by Doris McCraw This past weekend I spent time with some amazing women who write about the experience of women in the West. The organization was celebrating its twentieth conference. It began when women authors wished to be acknowledged as writers of western fiction. The groupContinue reading “The Other Half”
I Can’t Help Myself
Post written and copyrighted by Doris McCraw I confess I can’t help myself. When I find an interesting subject I have to dig in and find out all I can. As those of you who read my post, this is history, women’s history. Well I found another trail to follow and just had to share.Continue reading “I Can’t Help Myself”
Writing Wranglers and Warriors 