Fighting For Life
Feature Screenplay, 106 pages
Drama
Written by Terry Miller
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| Score: 54.39 |
| 5 Reviews |
| Score: 54.39 5 Reviews |
In 1908 New York City, a young woman doctor goes into the slums of Hell's Kitchen and saves the lives of 100,000 babies, in spite of sexism and corruption at City Hall. A true story of an unknown American heroine.
BiographicalCharacter DrivenHistoricalMedicalPeriodTrue StoryTime Period: 20th CenturyStory Location: USASpecial Effects: No SFXTarget Audience: Adult
Jo planned on going to college and getting married in her affluent city of Poughkeepsie, NY until a tragic turn of events forced her to provide for her family. With their blessing, she took most of the family's money and went to medical school in New York to become a doctor. Little did she or her family know that she would become a pioneer in the health care profession of that era.
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