| A Warrior of the People Lib/E: How Susan La Flesche Overcame Racial and Gender Inequality to Become America's First Indian Doctor Contributor(s): Starita, Joe (Author), MacDuffie, Carrington (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1441744304 ISBN-13: 9781441744302 Publisher: Blackstone Publishing OUR PRICE: $90.00 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: November 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Women - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - Native American & Aboriginal - History | Social History |
| Dewey: B |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 1889, Susan La Flesche became the first Native American doctor in US history and immediately acquired 1,244 patients scattered across 1,350 square miles of countryside with few roads. This frail Indian woman crashed thick walls of prejudice to improve the lot of her people. |
Contributor Bio(s): Starita, Joe: - Joe Starita is the author of several books, including I Am a Man: Chief Standing Bear's Journey for Justice and The Dull Knifes of Pine Ridge, which was nominated for the Pultizer Prize and won the MPIBA Award. He was the New York bureau chief for Knight-Ridder newspapers and a veteran investigative reporter for the Miami Herald. His stories won more than two dozen awards, one of which was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for local reporting. He has held an endowed chair at the University of Nebraska's College of Journalism and Mass Communications. MacDuffie, Carrington: -Carrington MacDuffie is a voice actor and recording artist who has narrated over two hundred audiobooks, received numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards, and has been a frequent finalist for the Audie Award, including for her original audiobook, Many Things Invisible. Alongside her narration work, she has released a new album of original songs, Only an Angel. |