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"Praise for Chris Enss “Historian Enss profiles in this colorful account 10 of the first female physicians on America’s Western frontier. . . . insightful.” ―Publishers Weekly on The Doctor Was a Woman   “A collection of tales about real superhero women and how they won respect.” ―Library Journal on The Doctor Was a Woman   “In this detailed account of the star-crossed lovers, the author — who is known for her books on Western women — plumbs both Colorado and British resources. In Enss’ hands, Bird is not a female oddity, but a woman of strength, courage and loyalty.” ―The Denver Post on The Lady and the Mountain Man   ""Entertaining.” ―New York Journal of Books on The Doctor Was a Woman   “The rigor of the scholarly research on display here is quite simply astonishing, as the authors seem to leave no stone unturned.” ―Kirkus Reviews on The Widowed Ones   “If countless books and movies are to be believed, America’s Wild West was, at heart, a man’s world. New York Times bestselling author Chris Enss, takes on this stereotype, telling the stories of seventeen courageous women who faced down schoolrooms full of children on the open prairies and in the cattle and mining towns of the Old West.” ―The Union on Frontier Teachers “A new perspective on an oft-overlooked facet of the Spirit of the West and its influence on the nation.” ―Historynet on No Place for a Woman"

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Chris Enss is a New York Times bestselling author of more than 50 books. Focusing on extraordinary women throughout history, her work has been honored with nine Will Rogers Medallion Awards, two Elmer Kelton Book Awards, an Oklahoma Center for the Book Award, three Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards, the Laura Downing Journalism Award, and a Willa Cather Award from Women Writing the West for scholarly nonfiction. Her books include Meet the Kellys- The True Story of Machine Gun Kelly and His Moll Kathryn Thorne, Dillinger's Girls, The Doctor Was a Woman- Stories of the First Female Physicians on the Frontier, An Open Secret- The Story of Deadwood's Most Notorious Bordellos, Ma Barker- America's Most Wanted Mother, The Trials of Annie Oakley, and Straight Lady- The Life and Times of Margaret Dumont, ""The Fifth Marx Brother."" Visit her online at ChrisEnss.com.

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