A Woman’s Quest to Become a Doctor in the 1890s

Seventeen-year-old Fanny Wheeler—a bright, small-town girl from Kansas—cannot fathom a life of cooking, cleaning, washing, and sewing. She needs more. She dreams of curing illness and preventing suffering.

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Without telling her family—or Matt, her loving, handsome childhood friend—Fanny applies to nursing school in Chicago and is accepted. Realizing nothing will stop her, her family and friends see her off as she leaves for the big city.