Snowshoe Kate and the Hospital Built for Pennies by Margi Preus Developmental & Intellectual Disabilities Through research and science

Through research and science

this new edition of a picture book classic will delight and inspire a whole new generation of readers

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Snowshoe Kate and the Hospital Built for Pennies by Margi Preus Developmental & Intellectual Disabilities Through research and scienceNewbery Honor winner Margi Preus and illustrator Jaime Zollars shed light on a trailblazing doctor known as the "Angel on Snowshoes" in this picture book biography Dr. Kate Pelham Newcomb (or "Dr. Kate," as she was known to her patients) was a doctor in rural northern Wisconsin during the early 1900s, a time when very few women practiced medicine. Because the nearest hospital was over two hours away and the snowy roads were often impassable, Dr. Kate