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A warrior of the people : how Susan La Flesche overcame racial and gender inequality to become America's first Indian doctor
" 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 with few roads. Her patients often were desperately poor and desperately sick tuberculosis, small pox, measles, influenza families scattered miles apart, whose last hope was a young woman who spoke their language and knew their customs. This is the story of an Indian woman who effectively became the chief of an entrenched patriarchal tribe, the story of a woman who crashed through thick walls of ethnic, racial and gender prejudice, then spent the rest of her life using a unique bicultural identity to improve the lot of her people physically, emotionally, politically, and spiritually. A Warrior of the People is the moving biography of Susan La Flesche's inspirational life, and it will finally shine a light on her numerous accomplishments. The author will donate all royalties from this book to a college scholarship fund he has established for Native American high school graduates. "-- Provided by publisher.
"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 850 square miles of rolling countryside with few roads. Her patients often were desperately poor and desperately sick tuberculosis, small pox, measles, influenza families scattered miles apart, whose last hope was a young woman who spoke their language and knew their customs. This is the story of an Indian woman who effectively became the chief of an entrenched patriarchal tribe, the story of a woman who crashed through thick walls of ethnic, racial and gender prejudice, then spent the rest of her life using a unique bi-cultural identity to improve the lot of her people--physically, emotionally, politically, and spiritually. Warrior of the People is the moving biography of Susan La Flesche's inspirational life, and it will finally shine a light on her numerous accomplishments. La Flesche is also the subject of a forthcoming PBS documentary"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250085344 (paperback)
- ISBN: 9781250085344 (hardback)
- ISBN: 1250085349 (hardback)
- Physical Description: xiv, 304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2016.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-285) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- The arrow -- The village of the make-believe White men -- An Indian schoolgirl and the Harvard scholar -- Can Black children and Red children become White citizens? -- The Sisterhood of Second Mothers -- Dr. Sue -- Going home -- The light in the window -- A warrior of the people -- A beginning and an end.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lummi Library | BIO PICO STAR 2016 | 287969 | Biography | Reshelving | - |