at the Carbon County Museum in Rawlins. Medical career She enrolled in the University of Colorado at Boulder for a year, and then transferred to the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Keokuk, Iowa, where she was one of three women in the entering class of 22 students. Their school year ran from October to March in order to ensure that the cadavers were fresh for students. She graduated from medical school in 1893 at the age of 27 and came back to Rawlins, where she established a medical office in her parents' house at 111 W Cedar Street. One thing Heath noted about her practice was that she received backlash from patients that were women more than from men. One woman even refused to pay for her services once she found out that Heath was a woman herself. She also often had to ride up to forty miles on horseback to treat her patients. In 1895, she was the only woman to attend the American Medical Association's conference in Denver, Colorado. On October 24, 1898 at the age of 33, she married Louis J. Nelson of Rawlins, a painter and decorator. Her husband also used the top part of the skull cap, as a tobacco pipe ashtray. Retirement and death Heath retired from practicing medicine about 1909. She practiced medicine for 15 years, but kept her license up to date her entire life. After retirement, she worked as a model for Daniels and Fischer department store out of Denver. Also, she moved to Lamar, Colorado, where she ran the Ben-Mar Hotel with her husband until 1911. After that, she moved back to Rawlins, Wyoming. Keeping up with medicine, in 1955, she flew to Denver, Colorado to inspect hospitals. She died at Rawlins Memorial Hospital on August 5, 1962, of complications of a broken hip caused by a fall. Bibliography Notes References - Total pages: 162 1865 births 1962 deaths People from Butler County, Iowa People from Burnett, Wisconsin People from Rawlins, Wyoming University of Colorado alumni American women physicians Physicians from Wyoming Accidental deaths from falls Accidental deaths in Wyoming