Dr. Martha: The Life of a Pioneer Physician, Politician, and Polygamist

by Mari Graña

Dr. Martha tells the fascinating story of Martha Hughes Cannon, the first woman elected to the Utah state senate--in 1896. She was a polygamist wife, a practicing physician, and an astute and pioneering politician. In compelling prose, author Mari Gra a traces Cannon's life from her birth in Wales to her emigration to Utah with her family in 1861, her career as a physician, her marriage, her exile in England, her subsequent return, and her election...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442247371
• ISBN13: 9781442247376
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Two Dot Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"