Elizabeth Blackwell Research Paper
Elizabeth Blackwell: America’s first female doctor
Dale Paul
“In 2011, 47.0% of all first year medical school students in the United States of America were women” (Barzansky & Etzel, 2010). In 2010, of 129,929 individuals working in the US as medical school faculty, women held 36.0% of medical faculty positions (Barzansky & Etzel, 2010). This was not always the case. On January 23, 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States (Boyd, 2006). Her continuous struggle to be recognized as a professional healer did not end on graduation day but would continue well into her eighties. For those who came after, Elizabeth Blackwell stands as a symbol of the change …show more content…
Repeated issues with male doctors during the war had only strengthened Elizabeth’s resolve to open a medical school for women (Anon., 2000). In 1868, twenty years after she earned her medical degree, Elizabeth Blackwell opened the doors to the Women’s Medical College of the New York Infirmary ( Anon., 2000). Under Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell, the school became known for its high standards for its students. Feeling the need for a new challenge, Elizabeth decided to return to England in order to further the medical education of women in her country of birth (Anon., …show more content…
There, she founded the National Health Society and worked in a number of social reforms (Willard & Livermore, 1897). She aided in organizing the London School of Medicine for Women, where she served as the first lecturer on the diseases of women (Kline, 1997). In 1878, after a serious illness, she settled in Hastings, England, continuing her consultation practice only (Willard & Livermore, 1897).
Elizabeth Blackwell was a woman of deep conviction and seeming endless courage that never recognized defeat as possible. She opened the door to the medical profession for women in the United States, in France and in Great Britain (Willard & Livermore, 1897), and in the end “she lived to see that profession made as easily accessible to women as to men” (Willard & Livermore, 1897). In May of 1910, Elizabeth Blackwell, doctor and trailblazer, died after a long illness.. She was eighty nine years
Dale Paul
“In 2011, 47.0% of all first year medical school students in the United States of America were women” (Barzansky & Etzel, 2010). In 2010, of 129,929 individuals working in the US as medical school faculty, women held 36.0% of medical faculty positions (Barzansky & Etzel, 2010). This was not always the case. On January 23, 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States (Boyd, 2006). Her continuous struggle to be recognized as a professional healer did not end on graduation day but would continue well into her eighties. For those who came after, Elizabeth Blackwell stands as a symbol of the change …show more content…
Repeated issues with male doctors during the war had only strengthened Elizabeth’s resolve to open a medical school for women (Anon., 2000). In 1868, twenty years after she earned her medical degree, Elizabeth Blackwell opened the doors to the Women’s Medical College of the New York Infirmary ( Anon., 2000). Under Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell, the school became known for its high standards for its students. Feeling the need for a new challenge, Elizabeth decided to return to England in order to further the medical education of women in her country of birth (Anon., …show more content…
There, she founded the National Health Society and worked in a number of social reforms (Willard & Livermore, 1897). She aided in organizing the London School of Medicine for Women, where she served as the first lecturer on the diseases of women (Kline, 1997). In 1878, after a serious illness, she settled in Hastings, England, continuing her consultation practice only (Willard & Livermore, 1897).
Elizabeth Blackwell was a woman of deep conviction and seeming endless courage that never recognized defeat as possible. She opened the door to the medical profession for women in the United States, in France and in Great Britain (Willard & Livermore, 1897), and in the end “she lived to see that profession made as easily accessible to women as to men” (Willard & Livermore, 1897). In May of 1910, Elizabeth Blackwell, doctor and trailblazer, died after a long illness.. She was eighty nine years