How many pennies would it take to build a hospital? Once upon a time in Northern Wisconsin, some students wanted to find out.
Margi talks with host Luke Moravec on The North 103.3’s morning show, MN Reads, about Snowshoe Kate and the Hospital Built for Pennies. Together, they recount the life and times of a woman who broke gender stereotypes by becoming a rural doctor who made home visits to patients throughout the north woods in a time before a local hospital was built.
They also discuss how Jaime Zollars' illustrations lean into the numerical aspect of the books. On one two-page spread, Zollars has drawn 300 babies — about a tenth of the babies that Kate delivered. On another two-page spread is — purportedly — one million pennies!
