Susette La Flesche (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Margaret Crary
- First Published: 1973
- Time of Work: 1854–1903
- Setting: Nebraska, Oklahoma, Washington, D.C., Boston, and New York City
- Principal Characters: Susette La Flesche, Chief Iron Eye, Standing Bear, Thomas Tibbles, Helen Hunt Jackson, Alice Fletcher, Francis La Flesche
- Genres: Nonfiction, Children’s literature, Biography
- Subjects: Justice, Family or family life, Social reform, Human rights, Education or educators, Native Americans or American Indians, Lectures or lecturing, Biography
- Locales: New York, NY, Boston, MA, Washington, D.C., Oklahoma, Nebraska
Form and Content
Margaret Crary’s Susette La Flesche: Voice of the Omaha Indians is an account of a young Omaha girl’s transition from tribal life into a life of celebrity in the white world as she embarked on the difficult course of working for basic justice for her people. The biography opens with the fifteen-year-old La Flesche on her way by train to New York City to a finishing school for young ladies. Through arrangements made by her mission school teacher, the Elizabeth Institute had offered to educate the young Omaha girl. La Flesche’s years at the Elizabeth...
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