Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821, and emigrated to New York City when she was ten. One day she decided that she wanted to become a doctor. That was nearly impossible for a woman in the middle of the 19th century. After writing many letters asking for admission to medical schools, she was finally accepted by a doctor in Philadelphia.
In 1849, after graduating from medical school, she decided to continue her education in Paris. She wanted to be a surgeon, but a serious eye infection crashed her plans.
Returning to the USA she found it difficult to start her own practice because she was a woman. By 1857 Elizabeth and her sister, also a doctor, along with another female doctor, could open a new hospital, the first for women and children. Besides being the first female physician and founding her own hospital, she also founded the first medical school for women.
Where had Elizabeth lived till she was ten?
What did she do in Philadelphia?
What country did she continue her education in?
Why couldn’t she become a surgeon?
What was the main problem for her as a doctor?
Who did she open a new hospital with?
Elizabeth Blackwell was born in New York
She wanted to become a doctor
She studied in America and France
Sha opened the first hospital for women and children
She founded the first medical school for men
A serious eye infection crashed her plans to become a surgeon
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