Susan La Flesche Picotte, MD — general medicine
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As a child, Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte (1865–1915), a member of the Omaha nation, watched a sick woman from her community die because a white doctor would not treat her. Dr. Picotte credited this tragedy with inspiring her to become a physician. The first American Indian woman to earn an MD, she returned to the reservation to provide care to members of her tribe following her training.
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