Medicine Women: The Story of the First Native American Nursing School

by Jim Kristofic

Book Overview

Winner of the 2019 Southwest Book Award from the Border Regional Library Association
Winner of the 2020 New Mexico-Arizona Book Award for History-Arizona

After the Indian wars, many Americans still believed that the only good Indian was a dead Indian. But at Ganado Mission in the Navajo country of northern Arizona, a group of missionaries and doctors--who cared less about saving souls and more about saving lives--chose a different way...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082636067X
• ISBN13: 9780826360670
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 9.3" x 9.0"