Author: Miss Cellania / Source: Neatorama
Susan La Flesche Picotte was a child when she witnessed a woman die on her Omaha reservation after a white doctor refused to come even after being summoned four times. She vowed to become a doctor herself, although that was unheard of in 1873. La Flesche graduated from medical school in 1889 and became the first Native American medical doctor.
She could have made a good living in the big cities of the East, but went back home to serve her people.She was 24 and had her work cut out for her. The only physician for more than 1,200 patients spread across 1,350 square miles, she used a horse and buggy to make…
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