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Being the first woman of the United States to earn a doctorate of medicine, Elizabeth Blackwell's history is of great importance. Elizabeth Blackwell lived during a time were there were several social and medical contributions that are extremely significant to the history of our civilization. Social events occurring throughout this time were the freeing the slaves after the war between the states, the expansion of the United States throughout the west and a revolution due to the inventions of the steamboat, telephone, light bulb and automobile. There were also many influential medical occurrences during this time. Anesthesia and the smallpox vaccination were discovered and the work of many well-known contributors to scientific medicine had also taken place during this period in history. Elizabeth Blackwell was acquainted with many of these people who have contributed immensely to our nation's history.
Blackwell was born on February 3rd, 1821, in Bristol, England. She came from a large family with nine other brothers and sisters. Ever since she was a child, she was always willing to test her limits and was very determined to succeed in all that she did. During her childhood, her family made the decision to move to America after their sugar refinery had burnt down. When the Blackwell family had arrived to America, they had first lived in New York and then moved to New Jersey. The high expenses of homes in this area had caused them to move around frequently in hopes to finding a less expensive and improved house for their family. In 1838 they had moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, due to more financial issues caused from the bank panic that occurred a year prior. Shortly after their move to Ohio, Elizabeth's father had passed away leaving...

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...ist. She believed that women should still hold their traditional role but should be able to pursue any opportunity that they wanted.
Dr. Blackwell has contributed significantly to the history of medicine. She spent the rest of her life educating women about medicine and also helped develop new medical schools for women. She assisted in opening the first medical school for women in England and also spent her time giving motivational speeches. Dr. Blackwell has also published many well-known articles. The Religion of Health, The Human Element in Sex, Moral Education for the Young and Pioneer Work are some of her most popular writings. Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell was honored for all of her contributions and hard work throughout her life. Miss Elizabeth Blackwell and the Women of Medicine was a published article written by E. M. Mesnard to honor all of her contributions.

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