The idea of winning a doctor’s degree gradually assumed the aspect of a great moral struggle, and the moral fight possessed immense attraction for me.
Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell Quotes
Our school education ignores, in a thousand ways, the rules of healthy development.
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| Birth: | 3rd February, 1821 |
| Death: | 31st May, 1910 |
| Nationality: | American, British |
| Profession: | Physician, Social Reformer |
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Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell was born in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. She was a British-born American medical practitioner, notable as the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States, as well as the first woman on the UK Medical Register. She was a social and moral reformer in both the United States and in the United Kingdom.
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