Elizabeth blackwell

Elizabeth Blackwell is known as the first woman physician in America and the first woman to graduate from medical school, working against opposition.

Elizabeth Blackwell, (born February 3, 1821, Counterslip, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England—died May 31, 1910, Hastings, Sussex), Anglo-American physician who is considered the first woman doctor of medicine in modern times. Elizabeth Blackwell was of a large, prosperous, and cultured family and was well educated by private tutors. Financial reverses and the family’s liberal social and religious views prompted them to immigrate to the United States in the summer of 1832. Soon after taking…

Elizabeth Blackwell - First Woman to Receive a Medical Degree in the US

Elizabeth Blackwell.

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The first woman in America to receive a medical degree.

Elizabeth Blackwell (1821- 1910) The first woman who graduated as a medical Doctor from USA