How Susan La Flesche Picotte Became America’s First Native Woman Doctor – Then Built The Hospital Her People Had Been Denied
The Native context is not decoration around a generic woman-in-medicine story.
It is the story.
A Century Later, Her Achievement Still Looks Unusual
Modern readers may underestimate how extraordinary Susan’s career was because women physicians are now familiar.
In 1889, they were not.
Women had spent decades fighting for entry into medical education.
Professional organizations often resisted them.
Hospitals could restrict training.
Patients could distrust them.
Marriage could be expected to end professional work.
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