A Warrior of the People: How Susan La Flesche Overcame Racial and Gender Inequality to Become America's First Indian Doctor by Joe Starita

A Warrior of the People: How Susan La Flesche Overcame Racial and Gender Inequality to Become America's First Indian Doctor

Joe Starita

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nonfiction biography feminism history informative reflective slow-paced
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In 1889, Susan La Flesche became the first Native American doctor in US history and immediately acquired 1,244 patients scattered across 1,350 square miles of countryside with few roads. This frail Indian woman crashed thick walls of prejudice to ...

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