ELIZABETH BLACKWELL

ELIZEBETH BLACKWELL

Elizabeth Blackwell (3 February 1821 – 31 May 1910) was the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States, as well as the first woman on the UK Medical Register. She was the first woman to graduate from medical school, a pioneer in promoting the education of women in medicine in the United States, and a social and moral reformer in both the United States and in Britain. Her sister Emily was the third woman in the US to get a medical degree.

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Physician, educator. Born on February 3, 1821, near Bristol, England. Elizabeth Blackwell broke into the field of medicine to become the first woman to graduate from medical school in the United States. She became a leading public health activist during her lifetime.

At the age of 11, Elizabeth Blackwell and her family moved to the United States. After her father’s death in 1838, she opened a school along with her mother and sister. Blackwell later decided to pursue a career in medicine. But the road to becoming a doctor was not an easy one for her. She studied independently with a doctor before getting accepted to the Geneva Medical College in upstate New York in 1847.

I THINK PERSONALLY. THAT ELIZEBETH BLACKWELL IS FAMOUSE FOR SAYING WOMEN ARENT MEN. WE ARE WOMEN AND WE CAN DO

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2 INTERSTING FACT ABOUT ELIZEBETH BLACKWELL.

• Samuel Blackwell is her husband
• She had 0 children

BLACKWELL WAS BORN IN ENGLAND THEN DIED IN ENGLAD. TALK ABOUT COISCIDENCE

BLACKWELL WORKED AT OR IN

• Paris
• London
• Opened up a private practice in NY
• Then a infrimary

I think that this was an accomplishment because it gave a boost to woman's rights. Now look at us. We are what make America,America!

HELPING PEOPLE.

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