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“Our school education ignores, in a thousand ways, the rules of healthy development.”

Quote by Elizabeth Blackwell

Book:Medicine as a Profession for Women

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Medicine as a Profession for Women

This book explores the challenges and achievements of women in the medical profession throughout history. more

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Elizabeth Blackwell

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. more

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