Elizabeth Blackwell (3 February 1821 – 31 May 1910) was a British-born physician, notable as the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States, as well as the first woma...
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. Elizabeth Blackwell
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.
This congenial child I finally adopted. Who will ever guess the restorative support which that poor little orphan has been to me? It was a dark time, and she did me good — her genial, loyal, Irish temperament suited me. Elizabeth Blackwell
This congenial child I finally adopted. Who will ever guess the restorative support which that poor little orphan has been to me? It was a dark time, and she did me good — her genial, loyal, Irish temperament suited me.
Our school education ignores, in a thousand ways, the rules of healthy development. Elizabeth Blackwell
Our school education ignores, in a thousand ways, the rules of healthy development.
My mind is fully made up. I have not the slightest hesitation on the subject; the thorough study of medicine, I am quite resolved to go through with. Elizabeth Blackwell
My mind is fully made up. I have not the slightest hesitation on the subject; the thorough study of medicine, I am quite resolved to go through with.
The horrors and disgusts I have no doubt of vanquishing. I have overcome stronger distastes than any that now remain, and feel fully equal to the contest. Elizabeth Blackwell
The horrors and disgusts I have no doubt of vanquishing. I have overcome stronger distastes than any that now remain, and feel fully equal to the contest.
The utter loneliness of life became intolerable, and in October of 1854 I took a little orphan girl. Elizabeth Blackwell
The utter loneliness of life became intolerable, and in October of 1854 I took a little orphan girl.
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. Elizabeth Blackwell
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.
The people of Henderson were all very friendly to me personally… but the injustice of the state of society made a gradually deepening impression on my mind. Elizabeth Blackwell
The people of Henderson were all very friendly to me personally… but the injustice of the state of society made a gradually deepening impression on my mind.
I assure you I felt a little odd, sitting down before those degraded little beings, to teach them a religion which the owners professed to follow whilst violating its very first principles. Elizabeth Blackwell
I assure you I felt a little odd, sitting down before those degraded little beings, to teach them a religion which the owners professed to follow whilst violating its very first principles.
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. Elizabeth Blackwell
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.
The sense of justice was continually outraged; and at the end of the first term of engagement I resigned the situation. Elizabeth Blackwell
The sense of justice was continually outraged; and at the end of the first term of engagement I resigned the situation.
If society will not admit of woman's free development, then society must be remodeled. Elizabeth Blackwell
If society will not admit of woman's free development, then society must be remodeled.
