The Friends of the Rochester Hills Public Library will hold their annual meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 22 in the library’s Multipurpose Room. After the meeting, Rochester Library patrons are welcome to attend the presentation by Margaret Thalmann, who will discuss her book, Petticoat Surgeon, about the extraordinary life of Bertha Van Hoosen. Born in 1863, Bertha Van Hoosen was a pioneering female surgeon raised on a farm in Stoney Creek, MI and followed her calling in medicine to … [Read more...]