A Bluestocking In India: Her Medical Wards And Messages Home (1910)

By Winifred Heston

Book Overview

A Bluestocking In India: Her Medical Wards And Messages Home is a book written by Winifred Heston and published in 1910. The book is a memoir of Heston's time as a medical missionary in India, where she worked in various hospitals and medical wards. Heston was one of the first women to be trained as a doctor in England, and her experiences in India shed light on the challenges faced by women in medicine at that time. The book also includes a series of letters that Heston wrote to her family back home, which provide insight into her personal life and the cultural differences she encountered in India. Overall, A Bluestocking In India is a fascinating look into the life of a pioneering woman in medicine and the experiences of a medical missionary in India in the early 20th century.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1163940135
• ISBN13: 9781163940136
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"