Doctor Rose

ISBN: 9780552126076
Author: Elvi Rhodes
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To be a woman doctor in the 1920's was tough, especially if you worked in the Welfare Centre of an industrial Yorkshire town. Rose - who had the added disadvantage of being young and pretty - found she had to cope with elderly male prejudice from those above her, and apathetic ignorance and poverty from those she was trying to help. From the Back Cover To be a woman doctor in the 1920's was tough, especially if you worked in the Welfare Centre of an industrial Yorkshire town. Rose - who had the added disadvantage of being young and pretty - found she had to cope with elderly male prejudice from those above her, and apathetic ignorance and poverty from those she was trying to help. About the Author Elvi RhodesElvi Rhodes was born and educated in Yorkshire, and now lives on the Sussex coast. She is the author of many bestselling novels including Cara's Land, Ruth Appleby, The Mountain, Portrait of Chloe, Spring Music, Midsummer Meeting, The Birthday Party and Mulberry Lane, all published in paperback by Corgi Books.

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