When she graduated from New Yorks Geneva Medical College, in 1849, - TopicsExpress



          

When she graduated from New Yorks Geneva Medical College, in 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in America to earn the M.D. degree. She supported medical education for women and helped many other womens careers. By establishing the New York Infirmary in 1857, she offered a practical solution to one of the problems facing women who were rejected from internships elsewhere but determined to expand their skills as physicians. She also published several important books on the issue of women in medicine, including Medicine as a Profession For Women in 1860 and Address on the Medical Education of Women in 1864. nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_35.html
Posted on: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 15:27:02 +0000

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