A Doctor Like Alva Walker Was God

When i first heard it, i thought it was a woman's name. It's a l v a h. You know, in this community of progressive, freethinking people, i wouldn't imagine anything else but a doctor like alva walker was god. At home on the farm, mary and her four older sisters were vital workers on the family farm. Due to their active life style, papa prohibited their daughters from wearing restrctive corsets.