Download or read book The Power and Passion of M. Carey Thomas written by Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz and published by Knopf. This book was released on 1994 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: M. Carey Thomas (1857-1935), an extraordinary American woman whose life bridged the Victorian and modern worlds, was, among other things, president of Bryn Mawr College, one of the creators of Johns Hopkins medical school, and a leader in the suffrage movement. Horowitz weaves the threads of her remarkable life into a full-bodied tapestry of a complex and original woman. Photos.