This week’s question was who is Susan La Flesche? Susan La Flesche was the first female Native American physician. La Flesche was an Omaha Indian who graduated first in her class from the Women’s College of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1889.The question (& answer) were taken from p. 220 of the Chronology of American Indian History by Liz Sonneborn. The book was published by Facts on File in 2001.
