topic:"Physicians, Women" found 3 records

"On March 14, 1889, Susan La Flesche Picotte received her medical degree, becoming the first Native American doctor in U.S. history--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 indomita…

Author: Starita, Joe

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Publication Date: 2018

Physical Description: xiv, 304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm

Subjects: Indigenous Peoples - history; First Nations; Picotte, Susan LaFlesche, 1865-1915; Physicians, Women; United States; Biography; Popular Work

Abstract: "On March 14, 1889, Susan La Flesche Picotte received her medical degree, becoming the first Native American doctor in U.S. history--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 Native woman acquired 1,244 patients scattered across 1,350 square miles of rolling countryside with few roads. They were often desperately poor and sick with tuberculosis, small pox, measles, and influenza. She was their last hope and effectively became the chief of her entrenched patriarchal tribe, crashing through walls of ethnic, racial, and gender prejudice. A Warrior of the People is the moving biography of Susan La Flesche Picotte's inspirational life and dedication to public health, and it will finally shine a light on her numerous accomplishments that improved the lot of her people."--Back Cover

ISBN: 9781250181312

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WZ100 S73w 2018

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c.1 BC Cancer Agency KEL Cancer Info Ctr			Available
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c.2 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library			Available