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Medical Doctor

Elizabeth Blackwell, born on February 3, 1821, and died on May 31, 1910, was an outstanding American medical doctor. She was the first woman in the world to receive a medical degree, profoundly influencing the status of women in the medical field.

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Famous Elizabeth Blackwell Quotes

“If society will not admit of woman's free development, then society must be remodeled.”

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Author:Elizabeth Blackwell

“For what is done or learned by one class of women becomes, by virtue of their common womanhood, the property of all women.”

Source: Medicine as a Profession for Women

“I do not wish to give (women) a first place, still less a second one- but the complete freedom to take their true place, whatever it may be.”

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Author:Elizabeth Blackwell

About the Author

Born: February 3, 1821
Died: May 31, 1910
Known for: Medical Doctor
Quotes: 23

Books & Sources

Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women: Autobiographical SketchesRelated source material

Medicine as a Profession for WomenRelated source material

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