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Dr. Jo: How Sara Josephine Baker Saved the Lives of America's Children by Monica Kulling
4.0
Sara Josephine Baker, born in late 1800s, struggled to fit in with expectations for her gender. She was a classic tomboy, preferring to play sports and explore the outdoors.
Jo lost first her brother and then her father to typhoid fever after the local hospital dumped sewage into the river used for drinking water. These losses only further cemented her desire to become a doctor. She was able to accomplish her goal, but when she struggled to keep her practice open, she supplemented her income by also becoming the health inspector in New York City. That work brought her into contact with dangerous conditions in the inner city, and she set about changing the circumstances that led to blindness, contaminated medications/food, even non-sufficient knowledge about infant care.
Dr Jo is written in simple language, but Jo is a notable heroine whose story is worthy of being memorialized, and the accompanying illustrations will draw in readers.
Jo lost first her brother and then her father to typhoid fever after the local hospital dumped sewage into the river used for drinking water. These losses only further cemented her desire to become a doctor. She was able to accomplish her goal, but when she struggled to keep her practice open, she supplemented her income by also becoming the health inspector in New York City. That work brought her into contact with dangerous conditions in the inner city, and she set about changing the circumstances that led to blindness, contaminated medications/food, even non-sufficient knowledge about infant care.
Dr Jo is written in simple language, but Jo is a notable heroine whose story is worthy of being memorialized, and the accompanying illustrations will draw in readers.