Undaunted, Elizabeth persevered and gained a great ... which became the subject of her doctoral thesis. In April of 1849, Dr. Blackwell crossed the Atlantic to study in the medical meccas of ...

Women now make up almost half of medical students in the United States and a third of physicians – an accomplishment that can be largely attributed to Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell. Share on Pinterest ...

Elizabeth Blackwell’s name is synonymous with breaking ... who also became a doctor, and Dr. Marie Zakrzewska. The infirmary ...

Have you seen today’s @GoogleDoodles illustration honoring Hobart and William Smith’s own Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell? She was the 1st woman in the U.S. to receive a medical degree. #hwscolleges ...

Elizabeth Blackwell was born in Bristol ... Marie Zakrzewska — "Dr. Zak" — a Polish immigrant, joined them in the 1850s, having lost an unprecedented appointment as chief of midwifery at ...

In 1847, Elizabeth Blackwell wanted to go to medical school ... such a bold move as accepting a woman student. Consequently, Dr. Lee decided to put the matter up to a vote among the 150 men ...

23 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1789, Georgetown College was founded in Georgetown, Md., which later would ... In 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in U.S. history to receive ...

From childbirth to diseases to athletics, real knowledge of human bodies was taboo. But the family of British-born Elizabeth Blackwell had pretty much devoted itself to breaking taboos. Immigrating to ...

In 2021 we celebrated the bicentenary of the birth of Dr Elizabeth Blackwell. Our namesake was born in Bristol and went on to be the first ever woman on the British medical register. Find out how we ...