Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte

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1. Sheril Kirshenbaum (sheril@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 15-Apr-2023 20:02:51 JST Sheril Kirshenbaum

   After witnessing a white doctor refuse to treat a sick, elderly Native American woman who later died, Susan La Flesche Picotte decided to become a physician to help her people. Born in 1865, she grew up on Nebraska’s Omaha reservation.

   In 1889, Picotte became the first female Native American to earn a medical degree in the U.S. She raised funding & opened Wathill Hospital in 1913 - the first private hospital on a reservation. https://drsusancenter.org/dr-susan #HistoryRemix #history #science