The First Woman Doctor

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I have recently read the story "The First Women Doctor." It is about Elizabeth Blackwell, the first female to earn a medical degree. It took her many years and determination, but finally all of her hard work paid off and she got that degree. I will try to explain to you what the story is about.

The main character in this story is Elizabeth Blackwell. Her family played a great role in her life. She was born in Britain but moved to the United States, then back to Britain. She was twenty-eight when she became an official M.D. Elizabeth faced many troubles in her life, and she almost gave up. But her father taught her to be strong and that if she tried her best, she could receive everything in life that she wanted.

The story starts off in Britain, where the Blackwell family lives. Mr. Blackwell owns a sugar factory, which is doing very well. The family is in the upper class of their town, but they are also one of the nicest. Back when Elizabeth was growing up, it was thought to be useless to educate a female, but Mr. Blackwell felt different. He had all of his seven children very well educated. So as you can see, Elizabeth grew up in a very healthy environment.

Although her life seems perfect, disaster is just around the corn

Over the next few years, Elizabeth goes to many different schools and learns many things that have to do with medicine. Some of these things include science, math, and other medical information. Elizabeth went to many schools, most of which rejected her because of her sex. But Elizabeth traveled and talked to people, and she was able to find people who would expect her and teach her what she needed to know. Finally, she was excepted to Geneva Medical School (now Hobart & William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York) and she earned her degree in 1849.

All throughout the world, America was thought to be the best place, even though it wasn't. And the Blackwell's soon found that out in New York City. They tried starting up the sugar business again, but it just didn't bring in enough money for the family to survive. Most of the children were now old enough to get some kind of job, and that is what they did. But there was still another problem in America, because of all of the different people who moved to America, there were all kinds of diseases. Mr. Blackwell soon caught one, and it was fatal. He died and left the family with almost no money. It was time to move again. So as you can see, the Blackwell's life only became worse once they moved to the US.

Mrs. Blackwell decided that the best place to move to would be Kentucky. They had to travel many miles in a carriage and on riverboats, but after this was all done, the Blackwell's w

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