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	Elizabeth Blackwell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Elizabeth Blackwell was the first modern woman physician and the first modern woman doctor.
		Elizabeth Blackwell (February 3, 1821 – May 31, 1910) was the first woman to practice medicine in the United States.
		Blackwell taught at the newly-created London School of Medicine for Women and became the first female physician and doctor in the UK Medical Register.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elizabeth_Blackwell (506 words)

	Changing the Face of Medicine \| Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell
		Elizabeth Blackwell said she turned to medicine after a close friend who was dying suggested she would have been spared her worst suffering if her physician had been a woman.
		Elizabeth Blackwell was born in Bristol, England in 1821, to Hannah Lane and Samuel Blackwell.
		Elizabeth Blackwell established a practice in New York City, but had few patients and few opportunities for intellectual exchange with other physicians and "the means of increasing medical knowledge which dispensary practice affords." She applied for a job as physician at the women's department of a large city dispensary, but was refused.
	www.nlm.nih.gov /changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_35.html (730 words)

	Elizabeth Blackwell
		Born in 1821, Elizabeth Blackwell was the third of nine surviving children in a close-knit, highly religious and moral family.
		Blackwell had managed to pull strings for the medical education of a German immigrant, Marie Zakrzewska, who had been chief of midwifery at the Royal Hospital in Berlin, and Dr. Zakrzewska returned to work in the dispensary after receiving her degree from Western Reserve Medical School (now Case Western Reserve) in Cleveland.
		Blackwell apparently gave serious thought to remaining in England and possibly setting up a hospital similar to her own New York Infirmary, but at the end of the year she returned to America, where the infirmary soon moved to larger quarters.
	www.edwardsly.com /blackwel.htm (2333 words)

	MSN Encarta - Elizabeth Blackwell
		Blackwell returned to New York in 1851 but was unable to practice medicine for several years because no institution would hire her.
		Blackwell returned to England in 1869, leaving the operation of the infirmary and college to her sister.
		Elizabeth Blackwell died in Hastings, England, on May 31, 1910, three years after a fall from which she never fully recovered.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761554971/Blackwell_Elizabeth.html (670 words)

	The My Hero Project - Elizabeth Blackwell
		Elizabeth Blackwell was born on Feb. 3, 1821 in Bristol, England.
		Blackwell probably thought that would be perfect, because when she was younger she said that she'd be "something hard".
		Blackwell soon discovered that the challenging task of becoming a doctor would be a lot harder than she ever imagined.
	myhero.com /hero.asp?hero=e_blackwell (1997 words)

	The Tribune - Windows - Fact File (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Elizabeth was born in 1821, in Bristol, England.
		Later, an Elizabeth Blackwell award was established by the college, which was to be presented annually to a woman in recognition of her outstanding service to humanity.
		Elizabeth’s younger sister, who had also become a doctor, helped in collecting funds for their hospital which was primarily meant to serve the poor.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2000/20000429/windows/fact.htm (982 words)

	Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
		In 1841 Newson Garrett purchased a corn and coal warehouse in Aldeburgh in Suffolk.
		Elizabeth Garrett was now a committed feminist and in 1865 she joined with her friends Emily Davies, Dorothea Beale and Francis Mary Buss to form a woman's discussion group called the Kensington Society.
		Elizabeth was determined to obtain a medical degree and after learning French, went to the University of Paris where she sat and passed the required examinations.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /WandersonE.htm (2062 words)

	Elizabeth Blackwell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Elizabeth Blackwell was born in 1821 near Bristol, England.
		Elizabeth also taught at a school in Kentucky, although she soon tired of the boring routine and decided to go into medicine, becoming a surgeon.
		Elizabeth traveled back to Europe and while in Paris, she attended and completed a midwife course.
	www.angelfire.com /anime2/100import/blackwell.html (403 words)

	BBC - History - Elizabeth Blackwell (1821 - 1910) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Elizabeth Blackwell taught herself basic science and then trained through private instruction at the Charlston Medical School in New York.
		Elizabeth Blackwell set a precedent for women doctors in the modern world.
		In 1859 she met Elizabeth Garrett who went on to become the first woman doctor in Britain and also a pioneer of women's medicine in Europe.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/historic_figures/blackwell_elizabeth.shtml (253 words)

	New York’s First “Lady Doctor” by Leo Trachtenberg, City Journal Winter 2000
		Blackwell had touched something in her audience; her message, spreading by word of mouth, even began to reach women who hadn't attended the talks.
		Blackwell's New York Infirmary for Indigent Women and Children, as she re-christened it, opened on May 12, 1857, the 37th birthday of another famous healer—Florence Nightingale, whom Blackwell had befriended during her student days at St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
		To mollify the crowd, a colleague of Blackwell's from Bellevue Hospital invited in two of the demonstrators to watch him perform an autopsy that proved that the case was already hopeless when the patient first arrived, as the witnesses repeated to other demonstrators, still waiting outside the door.
	www.city-journal.org /html/10_1_urbanities-new_yorks_firs.html (3310 words)

	SUNY Upstate Medical University: Health Sciences Library: Historical Collections (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Elizabeth Blackwell had wanted to become a surgeon; it would have been interesting to see what shape her battle would have taken if her accidental loss of the sight of one eye in November 1849 had not effectively precluded a career in surgery.
		Even though Elizabeth Blackwell had been graduated at the top of her class, the powers-that-be declared her a freak whose unnatural example ought not to be followed by other women.
		Elizabeth Blackwell, The Influence of Women in the Profession of Medicine: Address Given at the Opening of the Winter Session of the London School of Medicine for Women (London: George Bell and Sons, 1889).
	www.upstate.edu /library/history/cppblackwell.shtml (7961 words)

	Elizabeth Blackwell, M.D. Hobart and William Smith Colleges (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Third of the nine children of Samuel Blackwell, a sugar refiner of Bristol, England, Elizabeth moved with the family to America in 1832, when she was 11.
		Elizabeth Blackwell founded the New York Infirmary for Women and Children and aided in the creation of its medical college.
		It is interesting to note that, although Elizabeth and her sister, Emily, who followed her into the medical profession, were the objects of much ill will and even ridicule in the United States, she was regarded as something of a heroine when she returned to London for the first time, in 1849.
	campus.hws.edu /his/blackwell/biography.html (402 words)

	Elizabeth Blackwell
		Elizabeth Blackwell is a perfect example of someone who has had a tremendous influence on the way our society thinks today.
		By having Elizabeth Blackwell as a historical figure to look up to for a positive influence, women can achieve much more and have a great mentor who is constantly reminding us of how important it is to reach for our dreams and try our hardest no matter what situations may exist.
		Elizabeth Blackwell, MD, is one of the most outstanding women of all time and will live in the hearts of others forever.
	www.louisville.edu /~smcole02/socialself1.html (806 words)

	Elizabeth Blackwell 1500 word report
		Elizabeth Blackwell was born on February 3, 1821 in Counterslip Bristol, England and was the fourth of the nine Blackwell children.
		Elizabeth Blackwell said later that she was also seeking a "barrier" to matrimony.
		Elizabeth Blackwell was rejected by all the leading schools to which she applied and almost all the other schools as well.
	www.freakycowbot.com /alwaysloafing/body.php (1313 words)

	Elizabeth Blackwell
		Elizabeth Blackwell died in 1910, three years after a fall from which she never fully recovered.
		The highly esteemed Webster went on to note that "education is always wrong which raises a woman above the duties of her station"; Samuel Blackwell, an abolitionist and a vociferous dissenter from the Church of England, believed that the future duties of all his children included the reform of society.
		In 1858, Blackwell, whose hospital had also served as a training ground for newly graduated female doctors, took a year's leave of absence to further the cause of women's education in England.
	www.angelfire.com /nj2/carolslittleangels/causesarticle.html (3126 words)

	Elizabeth Blackwell
		Elizabeth Blackwell was born in Bristol, England and came to America with her family in 1832.
		Elizabeth Blackwell, reading and studying medicine on her own, was about to discover on her own just how elitist the system was.
		Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to graduate from an American medical school in January, 1849.
	www.mnwelldir.org /docs/history/biographies/blackwell.htm (1099 words)

	Reader's Companion to American History - -BLACKWELL, ELIZABETH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Blackwell was the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States or Europe.
		Elizabeth's brothers, Henry and Samuel, supported antislavery and women's rights: the former married the feminist Lucy Stone and the latter married Antoinette Brown, the first formally ordained woman minister in the United States.
		Blackwell was an eloquent spokesperson for the women's medical movement in the United States and England, where she settled permanently in 1869.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/rcah/html/ah_010800_blackwelleli.htm (546 words)

	Elizabeth Blackwell
		Samuel Blackwell was strongly opposed to slavery and after meeting William Lloyd Garrison, became involved in Abolitionist activities.
		Elizabeth contributed to the family income by opening a small private school with two of her sisters, Anna and Marian, in Cincinnati.
		In 1875 Elizabeth Garrett Anderson invited Blackwell to became professor of gynecology at the London School of Medicine for Children.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USACWblackwell.htm (1853 words)

	Showcases - Landmarks in Printing :: Elizabeth Blackwell's 'A Curious Herbal'
		Elizabeth Blackwell’s beautiful illustrations of medicinal plants would be notable enough in their own right, but the unusual circumstances of their creation make them doubly interesting.
		This is Blackwell’s illustration of the dandelion, a common wild flower used by apothecaries as a diuretic to stimulate the flow of urine.
		Blackwell also notes that dandelion leaves were “much eaten as a salad in the spring”.
	www.bl.uk /onlinegallery/themes/landmarks/blackwells.html (1331 words)

	women in history:elizabeth blackwell
		Elizabeth Blackwell, born in 1821, was the first woman doctor in the United States.
		Elizabeth, her four sisters and her four brothers all received the same, extensive education.
		Elizabeth was one of the first to understand how hygiene helped prevent the spread of infection.
	www.funsocialstudies.learninghaven.com /articles/elizabeth_blackwell.htm (761 words)

	Elizabeth Blackwell
		Blackwell’s father was a social activist who believed in woman’s rights, temperance (abstinence from alcoholic liquors), and abolitionism (the elimination of slavery).
		Blackwell earned a living as a teacher from the time that her father died until her entry into medical school in 1847.
		Blackwell returned to England for a year in August 1858, where she became the first woman to have her name entered on the Medical Register of the United Kingdom in January 1859.
	winningthevote.org /EBlackwell.html (1383 words)

	About Bristol - Famous People - Elizabeth Blackwell
		Elizabeth Blackwell was born in Counterslip, Bristol in 1821.
		Mr Blackwell, a sugar refiner by trade, was a keen advocate of education for women, and his daughters as well as his sons were tutored and encouraged in reading and discussions.
		Elizabeth saved all her money earned in teaching to enrol in a medical school.
	www.about-bristol.co.uk /fam-08.asp (267 words)

	Elizabeth Blackwell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Elizabeth Blackwell was born in 1821 in Bristol, England.
		Elizabeth’s father was also the owner of a sugar plant and was very rich.
		Blackwell started to lose a lot of money in bad investments and because of this he decided to move the family to America.
	www2.lhric.org /pocantico/womenenc/blackwell2.htm (291 words)

	PlanetPapers - Elizabeth Blackwell
		Elizabeth Blackwell was born on Feb. 3 1821,in Bristol New York.
		She was one of the nine children of Samuel Blackwell.
		Elizabeth Blackwell and her family moved to N.Y.C. When she was eleven.
	www.planetpapers.com /Assets/2713.php (259 words)

	Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell
		She was born in England, it is true, but came to this country when about eleven years old, and, since her example has proved such a stimulus to so many women, is deserving high place in a record of the women of our first century.
		In 1849 Dr. Blackwell went to Europe, where she visited hospitals, being received with courtesy, and continued the study and practice of her profession.
		Her sister, Dr. EMILY BLACKWELL, has since entered the medical profession, and is now a successful practitioner, besides being at the head of a hospital and medical college for women in New York City.
	www.female-ancestors.com /physicians/blackwell.htm (521 words)

	Gale - Free Resources - Women's History - Biographies - Elizabeth Blackwell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Born in 1821, Elizabeth Blackwell was the third of nine surviving children ina close-knit, highly religious and moral family.
		Having determined to settle in New York City, Elizabeth Blackwell found it di fficult to secure space for her practice; when a sympathizer finally allowed her to rent a boardinghouse room, all the other renters promptly moved out, scandalized at having to share quarters with a lady doctor.
		Elizabeth Blackwell died in England on May 31, 1910, at the age of 89.
	www.galegroup.com /free_resources/whm/bio/blackwell_e.htm (2769 words)

	Elizabeth Blackwell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Elizabeth Blackwell was born on February 3, 1821 in Counterslip Bristol, England.
		She told Elizabeth, “the worst part of my illness is that I am being treated by a rough, unfeeling man.” After her friend uttered those words, Elizabeth knew that she wanted to become a doctor.
		Blackwell does not appear to be the fragile and frail creature that most portraits of the late 19th century portrayed.
	web.infoave.net /~lrashley/wost/grp3eb.htm (565 words)

	Elizabeth Blackwell - bio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Blackwell abandoned her plan of becoming a surgeon after suffering from an eye infection that left her blind in one eye.
		Blackwell was not interested in marriage and chose the medical profession as an alternative to marriage.
		Blackwell became the professor of gynecology at the London School of Medicine for Children in 1875, which was founded by Elizabeth Garrett.
	athena.english.vt.edu /~jmooney/3044biosa-g/blackwell.html (860 words)

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