How Susan La Flesche Picotte Became America’s First Native Woman Doctor – Then Built The Hospital Her People Had Been Denied
They entered them.
They learned their languages.
Then they argued back.
What Popular Retellings Often Leave Out
The standard Susan La Flesche Picotte biography usually contains four facts.
She saw a Native woman die after a white doctor failed to come.
She became the first Native American woman doctor.
She returned to the Omaha Reservation.
She built a hospital.
All four are important.
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