Elizabeth Blackwell
Dates and Places
Elizabeth Blackwell was born on February 3, 1821 in Bristol, England. She died on May 31, 1910 in Hastings, England.
Accomplishments
She is famous because she was the first American and English woman to earn a doctors degree in medicine.
Young Life and Family
Elizabeth had a hard childhood. When Elizabeth was 7 or 8 her family was removed from their house because her father could not pay the taxes. She moved to the United States when she was 11. When she was 17 her father died. One time a splash of water got into her eye. She had the eye removed and had a glass eye put in place of the real one.
Adult Life
A friend of Elizabeth's suggested that she become a doctor. She tried to get into college. 17 schools rejected her because she was a woman. Finally one school let her in. She graduated at the top of her class in 1849. She opened an hospital for women and children. She was a doctor there. Later in life she returned to England. When she was 58 she moved to a little house. She died there on May 31, 1910.
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Bibliography:
Elizabeth Blackwell, http://www.davison.k12.mi.us/dms/projects/women/mblackwe.htm, downloaded 2-6-2002. Elizabeth Blackwell, http://www.hws.edu/HIS/blackwell/biography.html, downloaded 2-6-2002. Biographies Aquila's Home Page Revised: 3-11-2002 For information, contact John Dyer, Media Specialist, Aquila Primary Center. Copyright © 2001 John H. Dyer. Any use or redistribution of this information without permission is prohibited.