La Flesche died of bone cancer on September 18, , at the age of The 18th Amendment, which made prohibition the law of the land across the United States, a cause championed by La Flesche and many other early 20th century public health crusaders, went into effect on January 17, The amendment was largely considered a failure, as it did little to stem the consumption of alcohol. As a result, the amendment was repealed in After years of activism by American Indians, and groups sympathetic to their cause, Grover Cleveland signed The Indian Citizenship Act of , which granted citizenship and suffrage to American Indians across the United States.
In , the Dr. La Fleche, Susan. Starita, Joe. A Warrior of the People. Tong, Benson. University of Oklahoma Press, Pripas-Kapit, Sarah. Project MUSE. Great Plains Quarterly. Krumm, Bernita L. Journal of Women in Educational Leadership. National Library of Medicine. Page referenced URL. Date accessed. He promoted an Anglo-American style of living including log cabins, western dress, and Christian education. She then obtained a scholarship to Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute in Virginia, a leading trade school for African Americans and American Indians, where she graduated second in her class in After her marriage, Susan entered into private practice, treating both native people and white people, in the town of Bancroft, Nebraska, near the Omaha Reservation.
March 16, Treaty between the Omaha and the U. June 17, Susan La Flesche was born. September 18, La Flesche Died. September 18, La Flesche died of bone cancer on September 18, , at the age of Margaret Chung. After her husband died in , Susan and her boys moved to Walthill where they helped build a house and a hospital, the first hospital on a reservation not funded by government money. The hospital built for Susan La Flesche Picotte existed until the late s.
Later it served as a care center for the elderly. Named the Susan La Flesche Picotte Center, it commemorates her medical work and her life, dedicated to the welfare of her people.
Susan La Flesche Picotte spent her life learning about health and then bringing that knowledge to the Omaha through education and health care for her people.
She also communicated with the Federal government about what her people needed. Only 50 years old, she died on September 18, after an illness of three years. Although the quality of this copy of The Walthill Times makes it difficult to read, it shows how highly Dr.
Picotte was regarded in her community at the time of her death. Another older sister, Rosalie LaFlesche Farley was a very smart, compassionate businesswoman. She served as a resource to her people and has been described as one of the most remarkable women of the state. After a trip to Washington D. Chief Iron Eye sent Susan to the reservation's Presbyterian school where she learned English, and then to New Jersey's Hampton Institute at the age of 14 for further education.
It was a bold move on her part. At this time, even the most privileged women in America faced enormous backlash when attempting a medical degree. Male doctors wrote that academic stress could make women infertile and having smaller brains made them incapable of medical practice. Despite this, La Flesche graduated a year early and first in her class.
She was 24 years old. She married Henry Picotte in and had two sons Caryl and Pierre.
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