We enjoyed Joe Starita’s account of Standing Bear’s fight for justice in the unforgettable I Am A Man. Now we look forward to reading his biography of Susan La Flesche Picotte, the first Native American doctor in U.S. history.

Thirty-one years before women could vote and thirty-five years before Indians could become citizens in their own country, Picotte became a physician, conquering institutional prejudice against both her ethnicity and her gender. Her determination and dedication brought her to near-sainthood for her work among her Omaha tribe.

According to Booklist, Starita’s account is “thoroughly researched” and “both heartening and enlightening.”