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Newspaper Article
Nebraskan first American Indian to earn medical degree
1996
Overview
Bright Eyes was \"discovered\" by Miss N.C. Read, who operated a girls' school in Elizabeth, N.J. Read was so impressed with her pupil she sent for her sisters [Rosalie] and Marguerite. For unknown reasons, [Susan LaFlesche Picotte] was sent in Rosalie's place. Susan began Pingree School at age 13 and from there was entered at the Hampton Institute in Hampton, Va., graduating in 1886. With Bright Eyes' help, financing was obtained for Susan's enrollment at the Philadelphia Woman's Medical School, where she completed the usual three-year course in two years and graduated No. 1 in her class of 36, becoming the first American Indian to earn a medical degree. In 1894 Susan married her brother-in-law Henry Picotte and soon had two sons. When Henry died in 1905, Susan and her sons moved to the new town of Walthill, where she began practicing and working for the establishment of a hospital. Marguerite and her second husband, Walter Diddock, donated a city lot and $5,000 while the Presbyterian Board of Missions gave $8,500 for the hospital, later named in Susan's honor.
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Lee Enterprises, Inc
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