Janet Travell, M.D.

The first biography about the first woman to serve as physician to the President of the United States, the story of Dr. Janet Travell deserves a place in American women's history for her achievements and contribution to medicine. Written by Dr. Travell's daughter Virginia, edited by her daughter Janet, and designed by her granddaughter Janet, this book is loaded with archival and family photos, letters and pieces of history. From her childhood growing up in New York City in the early 1900s and attending medical school at a time when there were few women doctors to her pioneering work in myofascial pain treatments, discover what influenced the life of this extraordinary woman. Appropriate for readers age 8 years to adult.