A review by lvfl
A Warrior of the People: How Susan La Flesche Overcame Racial and Gender Inequality to Become America's First Indian Doctor by Joe Starita

informative medium-paced

3.75

Fascinating woman. The writing is occasionally repetitive. I would have liked more complexity and acknowledgement of the tensions among her identification as Omaha, commitment to her people, and her pro-assimilation stance. The fact that traditionalist Omaha seemed opposed to her sometimes is mentioned but never really explored. 
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