Snowshoe Kate and the Hospital Built for Pennies by Margi Preus Molecular Biology Fish and Wildlife Service Historian

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Snowshoe Kate and the Hospital Built for Pennies by Margi Preus Molecular Biology Fish and Wildlife Service HistorianNewbery Honor winner Margi Preus and illustrator Jaime Zollars shed light on a trailblazing doctor known as the "Angel on Snowshoes" in this picture book biography Dr. Kate Pelham Newcomb (or "Dr. Kate," as she was known to her patients) was a doctor in rural northern Wisconsin during the early 1900s, a time when very few women practiced medicine. Because the nearest hospital was over two hours away and the snowy roads were often impassable, Dr. Kate