#WomensNonfiction 4.
A warrior of the people: How Susan La Flesche Overcame Racial and Gender Inequality to Become America's First Indian Doctor - by Joe Starita
In 1889, Susan La Flesche became the first Native American doctor to earn a western medical degree. She spent the rest of her life working for her community and standing up for equality. The book tells her life story, that of her family, and that of American women in medicine.
#WomensHistoryMonth #women #books #bookstodon #Indigenous
A warrior of the people: How Susan La Flesche Overcame Racial and Gender Inequality to Become America's First Indian Doctor - by Joe Starita
In 1889, Susan La Flesche became the first Native American doctor to earn a western medical degree. She spent the rest of her life working for her community and standing up for equality. The book tells her life story, that of her family, and that of American women in medicine.
#WomensHistoryMonth #women #books #bookstodon #Indigenous
Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág •
Do you know this viral photo of three women doctors, from India, Japan, and Syria?
They were also the first women doctors (with a western degree) in their respective countries. Dr. Anandabai Joshee, Dr. Kei Okami, and Dr. Tabat M. Islambooly.
They were Dr. Susan La Flesche's classmates.
How is this girl squad not a high profile HBO show yet?!
#TVshows #WomensHistoryMonth #WomensHistory #WomenInSTEM
BearlyNoticeable •