ELIZABETH BLACKWELL

• Born in England on February 3, 1821
• Moved to New York and started her career there in 1852 as a Physician
• Trained with Dorothea Dix during the Civil War as a nurse
• First woman to have her name on the General Medical Council's register in 1859

FIELD OF WORK:

IMPORTANT PARTS OF HER WORK:

IMPORTANT PARTS OF HER WORK (CONTINUED)

• Opened the New York Dispensary for Poor Women and Children in 1853
• Established the New York Infirmary for Indigent Women and Children in 1857
• Taught maintaining sanitary conditions and helped establish the U.S. Sanitary Commission
• Served as a lecturer at the London School of Medicine for Women

Worked For:
Geneva Medical College
New York Dispensary for Poor Women and Children
New York Infirmary for Indigent Women and Children
London School of Medicine for Women

WHY IS SHE IMPORTANT?

• First Female American Doctor

POLITICAL CLIMATE

• Abolition of Slavery
• Civil War

FOLLOWING HER FOOTSTEPS

• Her sister Emily followed in her footsteps and recived a medical degree
• Lydia Folger Fowler graduated from a traditionally male college in Rochester two other woman
• Dr. Marie Zakrzewska worked with Blackwell and Emily and helped gain support for female physicians

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• Daniela Guerrero
• Conlin
• 3/12/15
• I appreciate Dr.Blackwell's contributions to medical history.

REFRENCES

• www.nwhm.org
• www.biography.com