How Susan La Flesche Picotte Became America’s First Native Woman Doctor – Then Built The Hospital Her People Had Been Denied

She had served as a reservation physician.

She had established a private practice.

She had raised two sons.

She had campaigned for public health.

She had fought alcohol sales.

She had advocated on land and legal matters.

She had created a hospital.

Then she was gone.

Her hospital continued operating for decades.

It served the region until the mid-twentieth century before the building was eventually repurposed.