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The First Woman Doctor

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In 1844, Blackwell was convinced that he would be a doctor. In her decision to be stubborn and persistent, this is her perfect goal. Her and her friends talked frankly about the idea. Some of them encouraged her, but warned her that the road she chose is full of struggle and difficulties. They said that if they choose to study medicine, it is the best option to immigrate to France, make themselves appear as men and enroll at the medical department. It is impossible.

Elisabeth Maryland Blackwell (1821-1910) is the first woman who graduated from the medical department in the US and is often considered the first female doctor in the United States. As a full-time public health advocate, social reformer, and prolific writer, Blackwell changed the direction of modern medicine, founded hospitals and medical schools for women in the United States and the UK, and established preventive medicine and We pioneered infection control. Defeat prejudice against women. Medicines on 2 continents

Blackwell became the first female doctor since graduating from Geneva Medical University in 1849. Blackwell and the other two female doctors opened a hospital for women and children in New York in 1857. During the Civil War, she helped nurse's selection and training. She and her sister opened a woman's medical school in New York in 1868. She returned to her hometown in the UK as a gynecologist professor at the medical school in London. As an outreach coordinator of Cotati Creek Small Animals (CCC) in Kotati, California, Jenny Blaker plant hundreds of volunteers with miles of natural trees and shrubs along the city's Laguna de Santa Rosa waterway I asked. CCC's regional education program will help raise awareness and raise awareness of environmental management. Mr. Breaker is a British citizen, but she received the 2007 Cotati Citizen Award.