Elizabeth Blackwell
Elizabeth Blackwell was born in 1821 and died May 31, 1910, she lived to be 89 years old. She was the first woman to receive a medical degree in the united states. Elizabeth played an important part in the united states and the united kingdom as social awareness and a moral reformer, and pioneer in promoting education for woman in medicine. Elizabeth Blackwell was a school teacher in order to support her family. She was rejected from each medical school she applied to, except Geneva medical college in which the male students voted on Blackwell's acceptance in 1847, Blackwell became the first woman to attend medical school in the united states.
Elizabeth Blackwell was born in 1821 and died May 31, 1910, she lived to be 89 years old. She was the first woman to receive a medical degree in the united states. Elizabeth played an important part in the united states and the united kingdom as social awareness and a moral reformer, and pioneer in promoting education for woman in medicine. Elizabeth Blackwell was a school teacher in order to support her family. She was rejected from each medical school she applied to, except Geneva medical college in which the male students voted on Blackwell's acceptance in 1847, Blackwell became the first woman to attend medical school in the united states.
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