Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women: Autobiographical Sketches
- ISBN-10
- 1404780254
- ISBN-13
- 9781404780255
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography / General
- Pages
- 265
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1895
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, and Company
- Author
- Elizabeth Blackwell
Description
Elizabeth Blackwell, though born in England, was reared in the United States and was the first woman to receive a medical degree here, obtaining it from the Geneva Medical College, Geneva, New York, in 1849. A pioneer in opening the medical profession to women, she founded hospitals and medical schools for women in both the United States and England. She was a lecturer and writer as well as an able physician and organizer. -- H.W. Orr.
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