Susan La flesche Picotte

Doctor
BIRTHDAY
June 17,1865
Birthplace
Nebraska
Age
Sep 18,1915,age 50
Birth Sign
Gemini
BIRTHDAY
June 17,1865 (age Sep 18,1915,age 50)
Birthplace
Nebraska

About

American physician known for being the first Native American female physician in the United States.

Before Fame

She got her medical degree from the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1889.

Trivia

She founded the first privately-funded hospital on a Native American reservation.

Family Life

Her parents raised her on the Omaha Reservation.

Associated With

She and ballerina Maria Tallchief are both their Native American women.