Elizabeth Blackwell Accomplishments

Elizabeth Blackwell was born on February 3, 1821, in Bristol, England. She was brought up in a liberal household that stressed education. She eventually became the first women to graduate from medical in the United States. In 1832, the Blackwell family moved from the United States, settled in New York first, then moved to Cincinnati, Ohio. Her dad died in 1838, so Blackwell and her mother and two older sisters all worked as educators to make ends meet. Elizabeth Blackwell’s early and later life lead to many of her accomplishments.
Elizabeth Blackwell’s early life was traveling, changing schools, and trying to practice medicine. She was born on February 2, 1821, in Bristol, England. She was born into a family of twelve children. Seventeen

year later, she moved to Cincinnati, Ohio with her family. Her parents emigrated with nine children to New York when she was twelve. Her dad died within a few months of moving to Cincinnati, leaving her family unprovided for. Later, she accepted a teaching position in Henderson, Kentucky, in 1842. Interfering, local racial attitudes offended her strong abolitionist convictions and she resigned at the end of the year. Her friend urged her to study medicine. The following year she moved to Asheville, North Carolina, where she taught schools and studied medicine in her spare time. “Her next move, in 1846, was to a girls school in Charleston, South Carolina, where she has more time to devote to her medical studies.” She attempted to enroll in the medical schools of Philadelphia and New York, but she was rejected. She wrote to a number of small northern collages. In 1849 was admitted to the Geneva, New York Medical College. She attended Hobart Smith college, William SMith college. She graduated in 1849. It was highly publicized on both sides of the Atlantic. After, she entered la Maternite Hospital for further study and practical experience.
Elizabeth Blackwell’s later life was traveling, opening up, organizations, becoming a teaching, and writing.

She gave up on becoming a surgeon and began practice at St. Bartholomew's Hospital in London. She returned to New York in 1851. She applied for several positions as a physician and was rejected because of her sex. She opened the New York infirmary and college for women, operated by and for women. She continued to fight for the admission of women to medical schools. During the Civil War she organized a unit of women nurses for field service. “In 1869, Dr. Blackwell set up practice in London and continued her efforts to open the medical profession to women. In 1875 through 1907, she was a professor of gynecology at the London school of medicine for women. In 1895, her articles and autobiographies attracted widespread attention. Women's rights would possibly not be what they are today if she was not overly confident in what she believed in. If not for Elizabeth Blackwell, some women would not have the education they have today. The New York Infirmary college for women would not have opened. Some, people may not stand up for what they believe in if she didn't.
Elizabeth Blackwell accomplished many things in her life even through her tough childhood. She faced many difficulties with her family. She moved to many different states and had to make new friends. She had to attend many different schools while trying to earn for M.D. She was the first women in the US to earn a M.D.

in medicine. She became a physician and opened an infirmary for women. She was a professor of gynecology and wrote articles and autobiographies in her spare time. Elizabeth Blackwell had a tremendous impact on society, and most parts of the world would not be the same without her today.