Destiny's Daughter by Frances Altman highlights events in the life of Mary Edwards Walker, maverick suffragist, Civil War doctor and only woman Medal of Honor recipient.
The story of Ron Hull, paralyzed in a surgical accident back in the dreaded polio epidemic days, was able to overcome most of the stigma and stereotypes and "pass for normal" for 30 years. As Ron's paralysis increased gradually through the next 20
Margret Leigh Powell is a retired Australian academic who has taken up writing as a hobby
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Margret Leigh Powell's six books, written between 1985 and 1999, were published by iUniverse's Writers Club Press between September 2000 and January 2001. All but one - Wind on the Heath - are set in Australia. Though the books are fiction, and the characters do not represent real people, the events related are all based upon and reflect the true mores of the country and period in which they are set.
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