It was On This Day that Elizabeth Blackwell received her
medical degree from New York’s
Geneva College. Blackwell, English by birth, went on to found the New York Infirmary for Women and Children. She later returned to
England where she became a professor of gynecology. Blackwell received her M.D. in 1849, making her the first woman to receive an M.D. from an American medical school!
Photo:
National Institute of Health (NIH): Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell
On
This Day is a prompt I started this month to further explore historical events.
©
Jeanne Ruczhak-Eckman, 2015
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