![]() ![]() Twenty-eight schools turned her down, along with letters informing her women could not and should not be doctors.įinally, Geneva Medical School in upstate New York accepted her. ![]() Elizabeth thought it over and asked doctors and friends if she should go to medical school. This was a little girl who used to sleep on the hard floor “just to toughen herself up.” She didn’t want to become a doctor though until, at age 24, a sick female friend told her of her wish to be examined by a woman rather than a man. Born in 1821 in England, Elizabeth and her family moved to the U.S. I even love the dedication: “For Liza, who is strong and brave and will be anything she sets her mind to.”īright, colorful, and playful gouaches by Caldecott Honoree Marjorie Priceman set the scene for Elizabeth’s story. This is just the most charming and inspirational story of the first woman doctor, Elizabeth Blackwell. ![]()
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