It’s very inspiring to read/watch/know about what people did in history.
You mention the female doctor in your family...when watching about these women in mining towns on You Tube, another episode of this series popped up about a female doctor in Colorado. I didn’t have a chance to watch it. I’ll look for it.
In that generation, three sisters and two brothers were pioneer Osteopathic practitioners, trained by the founder of osteopathy, Dr. Still, himself.