Pioneer Work In Opening The Medical Profession To Women by Elizabeth Blackwell

Pioneer Work In Opening The Medical Profession To Women by Elizabeth Blackwell

Elizabeth Blackwell(1821 - 1910) was the first woman awarded the MD degree in the United States. This is the story of her dedicated, groundbreaking struggle to practice the medical profession, eloquently told in her own words. Full of insightful reflections on the philosophy of medicine, women's education, the evils of slavery, and the nature of American society in the nineteenth century, this unique autobiography will interest scholars and students of women's studies and the history of science.

Elizabeth Blackwell (1821 - 1910) was the first woman in the United States to receive a medical degree. She was born in England and emigrated to the United States with her family in 1832. After more than a decade of teaching, she found the medical field to be an alluring calling, and she began applying to medical schools. After being denied by the top schools, she was accepted into Geneva Medical School (now Hobart College in Geneva, New York). Despite the ostracism and persecution she received from many of her male classmates, she persevered and graduated top in her class in 1849.

Blackwell's attempts to establish a practice were met with even more opposition. When the hospitals in New York City refused to hire her, she eventually founded her own little drugstore in a slum zone. Her tenacity paid off once more when the dispensary, which had grown significantly in size, was incorporated as the New York Infirmary for Women and Children in 1859. She was able to open the Woman's Medical College at the infirmary in 1868 after consulting with Florence Nightingale, and it lasted for thirty-one years.

During the American Civil War, she was instrumental in the formation of the Woman's Central Organization of Relief, which selected and trained nurses for the war, and the United States Army Nurse Corps. The Commission on Sanitation. In 1869, Blackwell relocated to England permanently, where she built a thriving private practice and was named professor of gynecology at the London School of Medicine for Women. She left the company in 1907.

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ISBN 13	9781591022558
ISBN 10	159102255X
Title	Pioneer Work In Opening The Medical Profession To Women
Author	Elizabeth Blackwell
Series	Classics In Women's Studies
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Prometheus Books
Year published	2005-02-01
Number of pages	288
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