Elizabeth Blackwell, around 1877 Source: Library of Congress

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   Born in 1821, Elizabeth Blackwell was determined to become a physician. But she was rejected from every med school she applied to bc she was a woman. She was finally admitted to Geneva College, but her acceptance letter was intended as a joke.

   Dr. Blackwell was the first woman to receive an M.D. from a U.S. med school & championed women in medicine. Eventually, she open a clinic, started a medical college for women & became a professor. https://cfmedicine.nlm.nih.gov/physicians/biography_35.html #science #history #HistoryRemix