Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women
Publication/Origin:
London and New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1895
Description:
Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman to graduate from medical school in the United States. She immigrated with her family to the United States from England in 1831. Around 1844, she set her sights on becoming a physician, and endured years of rejections from medical schools until 1847 when a school in Geneva, New York, accepted her—in part as a joke. Blackwell, however, graduated first in her class. In 1853, she established a dispensary for the poor, the New York Infirmary for Women, which also became a training hospital for women.
Citation:
Blackwell, Elizabeth, Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women, London and New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1895, Lisa Unger Baskin Collection, Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University. Accessed March 20, 2023, https://exhibits.library.duke.edu/exhibits/show/baskin/item/4215
