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<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Bullets Blizzards and Bravery: Meet the Woman Who Defined Medical Heroism</strong></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Pedersen offers an excellent account of Elliott's experiences that are the clear result of impressive detective work... an inspiring reminder of how a single person's effort can have enormous effects and one that will certainly resonate in today's world of refugee crises. Our verdict-GET IT. -KIRKUS REVIEWS</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>For fans of <em>The Doctors Blackwell</em> and <em>A Woman of No Importance</em> comes the story of Dr. Mabel E. Elliott who saved thousands of Armenian and Greek refugees through bullets blizzards and deadly disease following World War I. She continued her overseas service in 1925 and practiced for 16 years in earthquake-ravaged Tokyo revolutionizing healthcare for mothers and children.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>As one of 14 children Dr. Mabel Elliott's journey across continents knew no borders. Sacrificing her medical practice in Michigan Elliott ventured into the perilous lands of Turkey and Armenia in 1919 to aid disease-ridden and starving refugees following the Armenian Genocide. She ran head-on into the Turkish revolution under siege at the Battle of Marash as she led thousands of Armenians across mountains in a blizzard. She continued her work in Ismid Turkey where once again Turks overran her hospital. In Armenia's interior she led the medical care of 40000 Armenian orphans thousands suffering from the blinding disease trachoma. Duty called her to the Burning of Smyrna where she set up hospitals across Greece to care for Greek and Armenian refugees fleeing the Turks. After a brief stint teaching she was called to duty in Japan following a devastating earthquake. There she served in Tokyo as a medical missionary transforming pediatric care and saving thousands of children through nutrition well-baby clinics and other preventative measures.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Using family archives never before examined professional correspondence and news accounts G.L. Pedersen chronicles Elliott's story of bravery perseverance and humanitarianism. She highlights Elliott's challenges in navigating the politics of relief work where her quiet engaging leadership threatened those in power. Betrayed by leaders who tried to silence her Elliott told the story of her harrowing experiences across the United States in 1924 with her memoir </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Beginning Again at Ararat</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>. Through detective work in publisher archives Pedersen reveals a remarkable collaboration on her memoir that remained hidden for a century. Extensive research using letters cablegrams and diaries brings this overlooked woman's thrilling story to life. Dr. Mabel Elliott accomplished what few women physicians have in the field of humanitarian service.</span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> With full academic citations throughout this work is both a critical resource for scholars and an engaging read for anyone interested in history.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>120 Illustrations; academic citations; bibliography; index.</span></p>