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| Elizabeth Blackwell was born in Great Britain. She was a very distinguished woman. She became the first woman doctor to practice with a medical degree. She wanted to have a degree so she could have full professional status. |
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| This was very strange for a woman to become a doctor in the 1800s. She was accepted at Geneva Medical School. The school accepted with great hilarity, because they thought that it was a practical joke by one of their rivals. They had no idea that the person that they just accepted was actually a woman and not a man. |
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| Eventually, Blackwell founded a women's medical college to train other women physicians. Blackwell's educational standards were higher than any of the male medical colleges. Her courses really emphasized hygiene and how to prevent diseases. |
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| Elizabeth later returned to Great Britain to further the medical field there for women. She was a trailblazer for women who wanted to make medicine their career. |
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