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Susan La Flesche Picotte

American medical doctor and teacher
Susan La Flesche Picotte was a Native American medical doctor and reformer and member of the Omaha tribe. She is widely acknowledged as one of the first Indigenous people, and the first Indigenous woman, to earn a medical degree. Wikipedia
Born: June 17, 1865, Omaha Reservation
Died: September 18, 1915 (age 50 years), Walthill, NE
Spouse: Henry Picotte (m. 1894–1905)
Known for: First Indigenous woman to become a physician in the United States