Elizabeth Blackwell
Physician
1821-02-03 – 1910-05-31
Elizabeth Blackwell was a British-American physician who became the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States. She later helped establish medical training and hospital care for women.
Quotes by Elizabeth Blackwell
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It is not easy to be a pioneer - but oh, it is fascinating! I would not trade one moment, even the worst moment, for all the riches in the world.
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A blank wall of social and professional antagonism faces the woman physician that forms a situation of singular and painful loneliness, leaving her without support, respect or professional counsel.
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I must have something to engross my thoughts, some object in life which will fill this vacuum, and prevent this sad wearing away of the heart.
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The idea of winning a doctor's degree gradually assumed the aspect of a great moral struggle, and the moral fight possessed immense attraction for me.
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