Elizabeth Blackwell
This page lists items in the database related to Elizabeth Blackwell (b. Bristol, England, 3 February 1821; d. Hastings, Sussex, England, 31 May 1910):
Bibliography
- E.Blackwell, Pioneer work in opening the medical profession to women, Dent & Sons, London 1914, pp. 236.
- W.F.Bynum and Helen Bynum, Dictionary of medical biography, Greenwood Press, Westport (CT) 2007, vol. 1, pp. 224-5.
- D.Clarke Wilson, Lone Woman. The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell, The First Woman Doctor, Little, Brown & C., Boston-Toronto 1970, pp. 469
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Wow, Elizabeth Blackwell seems like an amizing person! I only wish that i could meet her. She accomplished so man things, even though in her time, she wasn't supposed to even study medicine! I really admire her.
You are right. I also think she continues to be a very interesting model for medical students and professionals. Why don't you join our website and help us to enrich the Elizabeth Blackwell section? Greetings!
HECK YEA, SHE ROCKS! She is such a great roll model for any woman with a dream! She lets you know that you can acomplish anything you dream of, with just a little determination!
She iz so cool
i am doin a history day project on elizabeth and found that she was absolutely amazing.. she is one of the greatest women in history! i would love to have actually gotten to meet her because she changed not only the medical field but she also changed the way society viewed women!!! women are just as good as men are and she knew that and wanted everyone else to know that too!! thats so freakin cool how she was so determined to reach her goal… i wanna be the same way!!! :-)
i agree with all of you she was a great women history
I am doing a history day project also, and i have learned soooooo much…….. she is the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dr. Blackwell spent many summers on Martha's Vineyard where in her younger years she had an affair with her married neighbor Mr. Mayhew. He adopted his son and raised him w/o every tarnishing the incredible carreer of the woman I call my Great, Great Grandmother.
Any reliable source about this statement, Rebecca?