The First Woman Doctor (Elizabeth Blackwell)
The first woman Doctor
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Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821, but she was moved to the United states with her family when she was 11. By the time she was 23, Blackwell had decided that she wanted to be a doctor. But at this time there were no female doctors in the United states.
It wasn't easy for Blackwell to study medicine. Most of the medical college's she applied to turned her down. The man who taught medicine didn't think it was right for a woman to be a doctor .finally, Blackwell was admitted to Geneva Medical college in New York .She was the only woman in a class of 150.
The other medical students made things difficult for Blackwell. They criticized her, refused to talk to her, and kept her from taking part in the classroom medical demonstration. However, two years later, Blackwell was the best student in her class .in 1849 she became the first female director in the United states.
Despite this training, Blackwell couldn't get a job in any of the city hospitals. So she opened her own hospital, the New York Infirmary for women and children, in a district where many poor people lived. When the American Civil war broke out in 1861,Blackwell's hospital became a relief centre for wounded soldiers. She also helped select and train nurses for the war.
Blackwell worked to establish a medical school for women, so that other women could become doctors. In 1868 she opened a womans medical college, the first of its kind in America.
A year after Blackwell opened her
Hospital, her sister Emily came to
work with her . She, too became
a doctor .
Fill in the gaps:in 1868 Blackwell started the first..........for women.
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Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821, but she was moved to the United states with her family when she was 11. By the time she was 23, Blackwell had decided that she wanted to be a doctor. But at this time there were no female doctors in the United states.
It wasn't easy for Blackwell to study medicine. Most of the medical college's she applied to turned her down. The man who taught medicine didn't think it was right for a woman to be a doctor .finally, Blackwell was admitted to Geneva Medical college in New York .She was the only woman in a class of 150.
The other medical students made things difficult for Blackwell. They criticized her, refused to talk to her, and kept her from taking part in the classroom medical demonstration. However, two years later, Blackwell was the best student in her class .in 1849 she became the first female director in the United states.
Despite this training, Blackwell couldn't get a job in any of the city hospitals. So she opened her own hospital, the New York Infirmary for women and children, in a district where many poor people lived. When the American Civil war broke out in 1861,Blackwell's hospital became a relief centre for wounded soldiers. She also helped select and train nurses for the war.
Blackwell worked to establish a medical school for women, so that other women could become doctors. In 1868 she opened a womans medical college, the first of its kind in America.
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A year after Blackwell opened her
Hospital, her sister Emily came to
work with her . She, too became
a doctor .
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Fill in the gaps:in 1868 Blackwell started the first..........for women.
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