AUBURN — A pioneering female physician from a century ago will visit the Auburn Public Library Monday, June 10.

Her appearance is a re-enactment of just one story of more than 200 groundbreaking females from the field of health care profiled in a new book by Maine author Annette Vance Dorey. “I will be sharing my discoveries,” Dorey said.

Dorey’s book, titled “Miss Dr. Lucy and Maine’s Pioneering Female Physicians, 1850s -1920,” features the stories of Maine women in the days when female health professionals were uncommon. She documents the struggles and accomplishments of women who practiced in Maine, came here to live, left to practice elsewhere or had other ties to the state.

The appearance of Dr. Elizabeth (Kingman) Horr, who lived from 1833 to 1920, will be provided by Auburn Ward One City Councilor Tizz Crowley. In period costume, Crowley will tell about Dr. Horr’s practice in Lewiston and events related to the Civil War and her husband, Dr. Owen Horr. Elizabeth Horr served as an aide to her surgeon husband and they went to Europe in their later years.

Crowley said she is “both nervous and excited” about presenting her characterization of a Lewiston woman who was a pioneer for women in health care about a century ago. “The story resonated with me,” she said, noting her own career in health care. “I will try to get her spirit into the visit,” she said.

Crowley will dress in the style of the Civil War period. She has recently participated in Civil War re-enactment events and an historical presentation at the Norlands in Livermore.

Dorey, who did extensive research for her book, said there were at least 17 women with medical degrees from L-A prior to 1920. She mentioned Aurelie Springer of Lewiston, who practiced medicine for more than 40 years. Born in 1830, she was single throughout her life and died in 1918.

Dorey said the history of such people is of continuing interest to her “because, darn it, nobody had heard or her” or the scores of other pioneering Maine women. These forgotten healers were either Maine natives who traveled far and wide to study medicine and did or did not return to practice, or women from other states who chose to establish their medical practice in Maine. Many were activists for women’s rights or held office in their medical organizations. Their paths varied, too, including medical missionary work.

Dorey is also the author of “Maine Mothers Who Murdered —1875 to 1925: Doing Time in State Prison” (2012). She is a lifelong educator whose career has taken her from the Midwest to the Southwest to Canada and New England. A former professor of teacher education and human development at the University of New Brunswick, Canada, her major publications include the history of early 20th-century campaigns to reduce high infant mortality rates, improve child health and promote scientific motherhood.

The Auburn Public Library program takes place at 3 p.m. and is repeated at 6:30 p.m. The program is also scheduled for July 25 at the Baptist church, 500 Paris Hill Road, Paris.

The Auburn Public Library is at 49 Spring St., Auburn. For more information, call 207-333-6640, ext. 4.