Dr. Luella Axtell set up practice with her husband in 1900 Marinette, Wisconsin, and remains a local hero for her public service and advocacy for public health, environmental protection, and women’s rights. She even features in a recent local murder mystery.

Her well-reviewed Grow Thin on Good Food gives diet and exercise advice similar to today’s, avoiding pop culture’s “one weird trick” fads (if not entirely its fat-shaming). It joins the public domain in 35 days. #PublicDomainDayCountdown