PDF The Rosicrucians; their rites and mysteries Volume 1 by Hargrave Jennings in History

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On 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. By age twenty-six; this fragile but indomitable Indian 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.This 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. Joe Starita's A Warrior of the People 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. The author will donate all royalties from this book to a college scholarship fund he has established for Native American high school graduates.