McCraw’s talk, sponsored by the Manitou Springs Heritage Center, centered on four female doctors who practiced in Colorado Springs during the late 1800s — Harriet Leonard, Julia Loomis, Clara Rowe and Esther Holmes.
“They paved the way for other women to come here and practice here, following their passion,” McCraw said. “They did what they could to ease the suffering of the people they were treating.”
McCraw’s book of the same title is available in e-book format. The print edition is due out this fall.