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Extensive research reveals much about the lives and careers of over 200 women who had a passion for healing. They varied in backgrounds, family lives, medical training, and disciplines — Allopathic, Botanic, Clairvoyant, Chiropractic, Christian Science, Eclectic, Homeopathic, Magnetic, Metaphysical, and Osteopathic. Their paths varied, too: private practice, partnerships, mental institution staff, medical missionaries, members of medical families, “old maids,” or married to other doctors. They were both Maine natives who did or did not return after medical school and women “from away” who settled here. Many were activists for women’s equal rights; many held offices in medical organizations. Some gave up their career; they chose marriage and motherhood and walked away from a medical career. Their stories reveal a variety of medical schools available to women, despite challenges for acceptance into medicine. Their struggles and accomplishments fill over 170 bio-graphical sketches. (246 pages, 115 illustrations, Appendix with Timeline)