Elizabeth Blackwell's Role In Medical Education

Many students today do not appreciate the fact that they can receive any education they choose. In America, we are free to select whatever career path we want. All we need to do is work hard and have the right mindset to get into the college of our choice. This was not always the case. Elizabeth Blackwell had to fight and continue to persevere to get into medical school. She was rejected over 25 times from different medical schools. She was only rejected because she was a woman, not because she was not qualified. Elizabeth Blackwell never gave up and was the first woman to graduate from medical school in the United States. She became a the first woman physician.

Elizabeth Blackwell was born on February 3, 1821 in a place called Counterslip, England.
She died on March 31,1910 in Hastings UK. Elizabeth was the third of nine children. She had four sisters and four brothers. She moved 11 different times including a move in August 1832 when her entire family moved to the United States.

Her parents, Samuel and Hannah Blackwell believed that everyone had the right to an education including girls. They had Elizabeth, her four sisters and four brothers taught by private tutors while they lived in England. Her father did not support or believe in the Church of England so the children were not allowed to attend school or
She returned home to her family in Cincinnati Ohio. While she was home she helped take care of a friend who was very sick. Her friend told her that if a woman doctor had treated her, she would have been more comfortable. She also urged Elizabeth to study medicine. Her other friends, however discouraged her, but told her if she chose to study medicine, her best choice was to move to France, disguise herself as a man, and only then would she be accepted into medical