As an added bit of luck, the women’s building at the fair is in need of a lady doctor and Billy Jack gets the chance to fill that position. So imagine her surprise when she finds the bully who kept her from entering the building via conventional means has fully enjoyed the fiasco of her drop through the window! Fortunately, her determination pays off and she is able to give her speech. She’s just glad no one is down there to witness the complete revealing of her modest but still wildly exhibitionist (by the day’s standards) pantalets. Seeing no other option and determined to get past the determined guard, Billy Jack sneaks in through a basement window, throwing propriety to the wind. His job is to guard the hall and he does just that by insisting she get off the steps and away from the building – pronto. Called the “toughest man west of any place east”, he is not about to let some pretty lady in a lime green skirt bluster, bully or cajole her way past him. If she can just get past the guard and into the building where she’s supposed to give her speech.Īs a Texas Ranger and World’s Fair guard Hunter Scott has heard some interesting tall tales over the years but the woman trying to enter a packed Columbus Hall by claiming to be a doctor has to beat all.

As a speaker at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair International Convention of Woman’s Progress she plans to inspire other women to pursue their dreams no matter what the obstacles.

Determined to practice medicine and help others heal, she puts herself through medical school and takes on a “man’s” profession. And Billy Jack has never let the fact that she is a woman keep her from going after what she wants. Louis though, and this book does an excellent job of using the glitz and glamour of a World’s Fair as a backdrop for a heartfelt romance.īilly Jack Tate’s parents didn’t let the little fact that she was a girl keep them from naming her after her grandfather. I do have an idea of their pageantry and romance gleaned from movies like Meet Me at St.

It happened at the fair by deeanne gist