Ann's Story, 1747 (Nixon, Joan Lowery. Young Americans.) - Hardcover

Joan Lowery Nixon

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9780879351984: Ann's Story, 1747 (Nixon, Joan Lowery. Young Americans.)

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ISBN 10: 0879351985 ISBN 13: 9780879351984

Publisher: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 2004

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Nine-year-old Ann McKenzie is learning how to knit, cook, manage a household, and behave like a proper young woman. She would rather assist her father, Dr. Kenneth McKenzie, with his patients and work in his apothecary. Ann knows it's unheard of for a woman to be a doctor. But there must be some way for her to care for people as her father does

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Ann McKenzie loves living in Williamsburg. All of her family and friends are nearby, and there’s always something exciting happening in the colonial capital. Now that she’s 9 years old, it’s time for Ann to start acting like a proper young woman, learning how to knit, to cook, and to manage a household. She prefers assisting her father, Dr. McKenzie, with his patients and working in his apothecary. Ann knows it’s unheard of for a woman to be a doctor. But there must be some way for her to care for people in the way her father does.

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"The protagonist is a likable heroine and the plot is fast-paced." — School Library Journal

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