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Lillie Rosa Minoka-Hill (1876–1952) was a Native American physician of Mohawk descent. After her mother died when she was still a child, she was adopted by Joshua Allen, a Quaker in Philadelphia, who guaranteed her full education. With his support, she graduated from the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania, becoming the second Native American female doctor in the United States, after Susan La Flesche Picotte (Omaha). She married an Oneida man in 1905, returning with him to his reservation in Wisconsin. For decades she operated a "kitchen clinic" at her house, providing care for Oneida on the reservation. She gained her state medical license in Wisconsin in 1934 and, in her later years, was honored for her contributions to rural medical care. In 1947 she was adopted by the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, the only person so honored in the 20th century. They gave her the name ''Yo-da-gent'', meaning “she who saves” or “she who carries help”. ==Early life== Lillie Minoka was born 30 August 1875 into the Mohawk Nation on the St. Regis Mohawk Indian Reservation (also known as ''Akwesasne'') in northern New York. Her mother died soon after giving birth, and Lillie was raised by her mother's Mohawk family. When the girl was about five, her family allowed her to be adopted by Joshua Allen and his wife. He was a Quaker doctor in Philadelphia, and they promised to educate the girl. He named her Rosa because to him, "she looked more like a little rose than a lily.” She attended the Grahame Institute, a Quaker school for girls in Philadelphia that was owned and operated by Allen's sister. In 1895 Minoka graduated. She went for further study to a Catholic convent in Quebec, Canada where she learned French. She considered becoming a nurse, but her father encouraged her to become a physician. Minoka attended the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania (now part of Drexel University), where she earned her degree in 1899. She was the second Native American woman in the United States to obtain a medical degree, after Susan La Flesche Picotte (Omaha). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lillie Rosa Minoka Hill」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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