How Susan La Flesche Picotte Became America’s First Native Woman Doctor – Then Built The Hospital Her People Had Been Denied
Together, they still leave out much of the story.
They leave out the political world of her father.
They leave out the assimilationist education system that shaped her opportunities.
They leave out the contradictions of accepting help from reform organizations whose goals were not identical to hers.
They leave out the difficulty of gaining trust as a western-trained doctor.
They leave out land.
They leave out alcohol.
They leave out marriage, motherhood, widowhood, chronic illness, and hearing loss.
They leave out the fact that the hospital served Native and white patients.
They leave out her family’s larger role in Native political history.
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