After witnessing a white doctor refuse to treat a sick, elderly Native American woman who later died, Susan La Flesche Picotte decided to become a physician to help her people. Born in 1865, she grew up on Nebraska’s Omaha reservation.
In 1889, Picotte became the first female Native American to earn a medical degree in the U.S. She raised funding & opened Wathill Hospital in 1913 - the first private hospital on a reservation. https://drsusancenter.org/dr-susan #HistoryRemix #history #science
This brings me back to the big push to “introduce” STEM to girls. Where’s the big campaign highlighting the women who have been STEMming since the dawn of time. 🤦♀️
There are more women graduating with science degrees than men in many fields. It’s not an issue of getting girls excited about science. We are! It’s all about retention after the degree.
Academia was largely set up by men & doesn’t support keeping women there.
Yea, that brings new avenues of discussion. The high cost/lack of childcare and difficulty getting back into the work force after a period of time are just a couple talking points.
Carol Rizzolo
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in reply to 86AE86 • • •There are more women graduating with science degrees than men in many fields. It’s not an issue of getting girls excited about science. We are! It’s all about retention after the degree.
Academia was largely set up by men & doesn’t support keeping women there.
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in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •It's a very sad story. Far, far too much prejudice still exists, unfortunately.
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