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Elizabeth Blackwell
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Elizabeth Blackwell, M.D.
Born
(1821-02-03)3 February 1821
Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, UK
Died
31 May 1910(1910-05-31) (aged 89)
Hastings, Sussex, England, UK
Alma mater
Geneva Medical College
Elizabeth Blackwell (3 February 1821 – 31 May 1910) was the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States, as well as the first woman on the UK Medical Register. She was the first openly identified woman to graduate from medical school, a pioneer in promoting the education of women in medicine in the United States, and a social and moral reformer in both the United States and in Britain. Her sister Emily was the third woman in the US to get a medical degree.
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