Lillie Rosa Minoka-Hill, MD — public health, general medicine
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Dr. Lillie Rosa Minoka-Hill (1876–1952) earned her doctor of medicine degree at the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1899, making her the second American Indian woman in the United States to hold an MD degree (Susan La Flesche Picotte was the first). She used her professional status to help other American Indians, working at public clinics and dispensaries, and at a school for American Indian children in Philadelphia. She also served as primary caregiver for an Oneida Indian community in Wisconsin.
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