Susan LaFlesche was the daughter of Omaha chief Joseph LaFlesche Iron Eyes. She was born in 1865 on the Omaha reservation in Nebraska and attended school there until she was 14. She then attended the Elizabeth Institute for Young Ladies in New Jersey for three years, worked at the Mission School on the Omaha Reservation for two years, and then went to school in Virginia for two years. The Womens National Indian Association then provided financial aid for Susan to attend the Womens Medical College in Philadelphia. She graduated at the top of her class and became the first Native American woman physician.

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