Blackwell Breaks Barriers: First U.S. Female Doctor
Elizabeth Blackwell shattered a century-long barrier when Geneva Medical College granted her an M.D., making her the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States. This victory forced American hospitals and medical schools to confront their exclusionary policies, eventually opening clinical training grounds for generations of women who followed.
January 23, 1849
177 years ago
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