Susan La Flesche Picotte: Leader in tribal health with eye toward sovereignty
by Aparna Nathan In 1873, an eight-year-old girl sat by the bedside of an elderly Omaha woman, waiting for the white doctor she had called for four times. But the doctor never arrived and the woman died in pain. That girl, Susan La Flesche Picotte, would go on to credit that moment as the catalyst for her barrier-breaking career in medicine, public health, and advocacy … Continue reading Susan La Flesche Picotte: Leader in tribal health with eye toward sovereignty
