{"product_id":"a-warrior-of-the-people-how-susan-la-flesche-overcame-racial-and-gender-inequality-to-become-americas-first-indian-doctor-paperback","title":"A Warrior of the People: How Susan La Flesche Overcame Racial and Gender Inequality to Become America's First Indian Doctor - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoe Starita\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poignant and moving biography of Susan La Flesche Picotte, the first Native American doctor in U.S. history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn March 14, 1889, Susan La Flesche Picotte received her medical degree--becoming the first Native American doctor in U.S. history. She earned her degree thirty-one years before women could vote and thirty-five years before Indians could become citizens in their own country. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy age twenty-six, this fragile but indomitable Native woman became the doctor to her tribe. Overnight, she acquired 1,244 patients scattered across 1,350 square miles of rolling countryside with few roads. Her patients often were desperately poor and desperately sick--tuberculosis, small pox, measles, influenza--families scattered miles apart, whose last hope was a young woman who spoke their language and knew their customs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the story of an Indian woman who effectively became the chief of an entrenched patriarchal tribe, the story of a woman who crashed through thick walls of ethnic, racial and gender prejudice, then spent the rest of her life using a unique bicultural identity to improve the lot of her people--physically, emotionally, politically, and spiritually. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJoe Starita's \u003ci\u003eA Warrior of the People\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe author is donating all royalties from this book to a college scholarship fund he has established for Native American high school graduates.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 10, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44520909078630,"sku":"9781250181312","price":28.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/SUVwRlEwV1ZKa3IwdmJOTWhaVGsyQT09.webp?v=1770782066","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/a-warrior-of-the-people-how-susan-la-flesche-overcame-racial-and-gender-inequality-to-become-americas-first-indian-doctor-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}