Susan la flesche picotte biography sample
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Susan la flesche picotte biography
Susan La Flesche Picotte (1865-1915)
First Native American Woman M.D.
La Flesche received her medical degree from the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1889, graduating at the top of her class.
She spent her internship at the Woman's Hospital in Philadelphia. From August of 1889 to October of 1893, she served on the Omaha Reservation in Nebraska as physician to her tribe, finally resigning for health reasons.
During this time, she worked for the government's Office of Indian Affairs.
From 1891 to 1893 she also served as "medical missionary" for her tribe, so designated by the Women's National Indian Association.
Susan la flesche picotte biography sample
This dual workload included travel across the length and breadth of the Omaha Reservation, making house calls in addition to receiving patients in her office. La Flesche married in the summer of 1894 and added her husband's last name, Picotte, to her own.
Throughout the remainder of her life, Picotte worked for improved health conditions of the Omaha tribe.
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