
Escape on the Underground Railroad
Content with her simple Quaker village life, Hannah Brown's world is shaken when she discovers a family secret and confronts a terrified runaway slave and the determined slave catcher fast on her trail. Her good friend, Sarah Smith only wants to study to be a doctor, until she meets a young orphan whose past, shattered by the evils of slavery, threatens to catch up with him.
First women doctors in America
History Notes
Learn about Dr. Ann Preston, Dr. Rebecca Cole, and Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte and the Quaker medical school that trained them.