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Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
" On March 14, 1889, Susan La Flesche received her medical degree becoming the first Native American doctor in U.S. history. She earned her degree thirty-one years before women could vote and thirty-five years before Indians could become citizens in their own country. By age twenty-six, this fragile but indomitable Indian woman became the doctor to her tribe. Overnight, she acquired 1,244 patients scattered across 1,350 square miles of rolling countryside...
Author
Series
Publisher
World Book
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"A biography of Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to obtain an M.D. degree in the United States, with profiles of two prominent individuals, who are associated through the influences they had on one another, the successes they achieved, or the goals they worked toward. Includes recommended readings and web sites"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Susan LaFlesche Picotte was the first Native American doctor in the United States. She dedicated her life to working with Native American populations, battling epidemics from smallpox to tuberculosis that ravaged reservations during the final decades of the 19th century.
Author
Publisher
Rockridge Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"From every background and tribal nation, native people are a vital part of history. This collection of biographies for kids explores fifteen Native Americans and some of the incredible things they achieved. Kids will explore the ways each of these people used their talents and beliefs to stand up for what's right and stay true to themselves and their community"--
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