This is one reason the restoration of her Walthill hospital carries unusual symbolic weight.

The building is not simply being preserved because an important person once worked there.

Its return to community use reconnects memory with function.

Susan’s achievement is being honored through the same category of work that made her famous: care.

The strongest memorial to a doctor is not a plaque.

It is a place where somebody gets help.

Why Susan La Flesche Picotte Still Matters

The childhood story has lasted because it contains a question almost anyone can understand.

What happens when the doctor does not come?

For Susan La Flesche Picotte, the answer became a life.