Julesburg Public Library

"The vivid biography of two pioneering sisters who, together, became America's first female doctors and transformed New York's medical establishment by creating a hospital by and for women. Elizabeth Blackwell believed from an early age that she was destined for greatness beyond the scope of "ordinary" womanhood. Though the world recoiled at the notion of a woman studying medicine, her intelligence and intensity won her the acceptance of the all-male...

"She proved that women could be doctors too. "I'm going to be a doctor." young Elizabeth Blackwell tell her family. She knows it won't be easy. In 1840, there were no women doctors in America. But Elizabeth was raised to think for herself. The medical schools she applies to won't accept her. Doctors angrily tell her to give up. Finally, when shi is accepted at the Geneva Medical College in upstate New York, Elizabeth finds out it was the result...

An introduction to the life and achievements of the first American female doctor describes the limited career prospects available to women in the early nineteenth-century, the opposition Blackwell faced while pursuing a medical education, and her pioneering medical career that opened doors for future generations of women.

"Elizabeth Blackwell shattered the glass ceiling as the first woman doctor. Learn how she defied stereotypes and opened a medical practice to treat female patients"--

A biography of Elizabeth Blackwell who overcame many difficulties to become the first woman physician in the United States.

Describes the personal life and achievements of the woman credited with being the first woman physician in the United States.

This book tells about the life of Elizabeth Blackwell, who was the first American woman to go to medical school and become a doctor.

The life of the first woman doctor in the United States, who worked in England and America to open the field of medicine to women.

Examines the life of the first female doctor in the United States, who worked to open the field of medicine to women.

Presents the career of Elizabeth Blackwell stressing the problems she had to overcome to be a doctor, an all-male profession in the mid-nineteenth century.