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Susan La flesche Picotte
Susan La Flesche Picotte was a Native American doctor and reformer in the late 19th century. She is widely acknowledged as one of the first Native Americans to earn a medical degree. She campaigned for public health and for the formal, legal allotment of land to members of the Omaha tribe. Picotte was an active social reformer as well as a physician. She worked to discourage drinking on the reservation where she worked as the physician, as part of the temperance movement of the 19th century. Picotte also campaigned to prevent and treat tuberculosis, which then had no cure, as part of a public health campaign. She also worked to help other Omaha navigate the bureaucracy of the Office of Indian Affairs and receive the money owed to them for the sale of their land.
BornJune 17, 1865, Omaha Reservation, United States
DiedSeptember 18, 1915, Walthill, Nebraska, United States
NationalityOmaha, Ponca, Iowa, French, and Anglo-American descent
Alma materHampton Institute, Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania
OccupationPhysician
Known forFirst Native American woman to become a physician in the United States
Parent(s)Joseph LaFlesche and Mary Gale
RelativesSusette La Flesche (sister) Francis La Flesche (half-brother)

About Susan La flesche Picotte

Doctor Susan La flesche Picotte was born in Nebraska, United States on June 17, 1865. She dies at the age of 50, on September 18, 1915.

American physician who is credited as becoming the country's first Native American female physician.

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Susan La flesche Picotte before becoming famous

Susan La flesche Picotte was born in the Zodiac sign Gemini (The Twins), and 1865 is also the year of Ox (牛) in the Chinese Zodiac.

In 1889, she graduated from the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania with a medical degree.

Achievement of Susan La flesche Picotte

On a Native American reservation, she established the first privately funded hospital.

Susan La flesche Picotte's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

On the Omaha Reservation, her parents raised her.

Susan La flesche Picotte Collabed with

She is a well-known Native American woman, as is ballerina Dancer Maria Tallchief.

Susan La flesche Picotte Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Susan La flesche Picotte updated on March 17 2023.