Elizabeth Blackwell was born on February 3, 1821 in Bristol England. At a young age she moved to America with her mother and father, along with many siblings. When she was young she wanted a career that would cause her to use her intelligence and also do what was faithful to her religion. What made Elizabeth really decide to be a doctor was, when one of her friends was dying and they said to her that “her suffering would have been more bearable had she been attended by a woman physician and suggested that Elizabeth had the intelligence and courage to pursue a medical degree” (U.S. National Library of Medicine).
Without her friend saying that to her I do not think that Elizabeth would have become a doctor. That was probably what, in the end, secured her career choice of being a doctor.
In order for Elizabeth to become a doctor she needed to be acquainted with doctors and medicine and be used to working with medicine. Also, in order to be a doctor she needed to have some knowledge in the ancient languages of Greek and Latin, in which many medical terms come from. Becoming a doctor would be hard for Elizabeth because she was not acquainted with medicine/doctors or the ancient languages of Greek and Latin. Doing this would be hard for Blackwell because she did not have the resources she needed in order for her to do those things, because she did not have too much money. Because of her not having too much money she needed to go and work as a teacher to save up for her schooling, and she went to go and live with a doctor named Samuel Henry Dickson, MD., who helped her with her with some medical training, she got access to a medical library, and she had the chance to learn the ancient languages of Greek and Latin. By having these types of opportunities and the chances to study and learn, it really gave her an extra little jump that would help her later when applying to medical schools.
The Essay on Why Elizabeth Blackwell Is A Hero
Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman doctor, is a hero because she showed such perseverance to get into and to attend medical school and there after she blazed other trails in the medical profession. Elizabeth was born in Bristol, England on February 3rd, 1821. Her father, Samuel, owned a sugar refinery and was a very wealthy man. Her father and mother raised Elizabeth with the mind set that ...
When Elizabeth Blackwell first started applying to different medical schools, many of them refused to take her because she was a woman and women were not allowed to have a job in a field full of only men, this caused her to get rejected by many medical schools in the United States where she applied. Many of the male doctors in the medical field told her that the only way she would ever get accepted to a medical school would be for her to dress as a man. At the time, a lot of women had to disguise themselves as men to do jobs that were mainly held by men, but Elizabeth Blackwell refused to do that and she applied to twelve smaller medical schools and out of all of them, only one accepted her. The one that accepted her was Geneva medical college in Geneva, New York. On November 6, 1847, Elizabeth Blackwell got to Geneva Medical College, where she was excited to learn about something she was excited to do. But the staff there was less than excited about teaching her because they did not want to teach a girl, but they had to because she was beyond qualified for the position. After a few weeks the teachers realized that she was serious about being a medical student and learning about medicine and helping people so they welcomed her now to being in their class. Over her summer break from school Elizabeth decided that she wanted to go and spend time at The Blockley Almshouse in Philadelphia which was where there were many poor sick people and insane people. Many of the doctors there refused to let Elizabeth help them or come see the patients because she was a woman.
The Essay on Biography And Accomplishments Of Elizabeth Blackwell
... Geneva Medical College. And she happened to be the very first woman to earn the degree. Her name was Elizabeth Blackwell. Elizabeth Blackwell was ... higher than the medical schools that only allowed males.The college continued operating for thirty-one years. Elizabeth had returned to ... woman was allowed to go to medical school, she had to teach herself privately and under the assistance of a doctor ...
On January 23rd, 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell graduated from Geneva Medical College and became the first female medical doctor in the United States. After graduating, she traveled to London and Paris where she studied to be a midwife, but what she really wanted to do was become a surgeon. In 1851 Elizabeth went back to New York City with the dream of being a surgeon gone, because she had become blind in one eye. Upon her return, Elizabeth started up her own practice but had very few patients because of her being a woman and many doctors did not want to help her because she was a woman. Blackwell supported the idea of other woman going to school and becoming a medical doctor. In 1857, along with her sister Dr. Emily Blackwell and Dr. Marie Zakrzewska they founded the New York Infirmary for Women and Children. In 1867, a medical college was opened on the grounds which gave training to women trying to become doctors. After the years of the Civil War Blackwell returned to her birthplace of England where she spent the next forty years of her life. On May 31st, 1910, Elizabeth Blackwell died at age eighty-nine, and it was on that day that the world lost a pioneer in the role women have had in medicine.
Without Elizabeth Blackwell, what she decided she had to do, and her accomplishments in the medical field for women, I do not think that women would have come as far as they did and accomplished what they have accomplished. She was the pioneer in medicine for women and people looked up to her back then, and they still do today. People admire her for the path that she has carved for women in the medical field. Elizabeth Blackwell has gone down in history as an icon for being ahead of her time and doing what she loved, even if everyone did not approve of it.
