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“The excuse or toleration of cruelty upon any living creature by a woman is a deadly sin against the grandest force in nature - maternal love ... In not a single instance known to science has the cure of any human disease resulted necessarily from this fallacious method of research.”

Quote by Elizabeth Blackwell

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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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