Her Ruby Shoe Moment Susan La Flesche Picotte had a lifelong dream. She wanted to build a hospital on the Omaha Reservation in Nebraska. She was the first Native American doctor in America and served the medical needs of the Omaha people. But she couldn’t help anyone who needed acute care — the closest hospital was 30 miles away (a … Read More
Mary Church Terrell
Her Ruby Shoe Moment Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. was filled with people on March 3, 1913, the day before President Woodrow Wilson’s inauguration. It was a different crowd than the one who would line the streets the next day for the inaugural parade. Over five thousand women from around the country were about to start marching in the Washington … Read More