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The Begining
Elzabeth Blackwell was born on February 2nd in 1821 in Bristol, England. -
Moving To America
On August 1832, Elizabeth and her family of nine moved to New York, Elizabeth hated it in New York, people sept in the slums on the street and pigs roamed the dirty streets. -
Moving To Cincinnati, Ohio
Samuel Blackwell's (Elizabeth Blackwell's father) was burned down in a fire. So in 1836, they decided to move to Cincinati, Ohio, in order to re- establish the buissness. -
Samuel Balckwell Dies
Samuel Balckwell died unexpectedly from biliary fever. He left a widow, nine children and a great deal of dept,. -
Opening A School
Pressed by financial need, Anna, Marian and elizabeth opened the he Cincinnati English and French Academy for Young Ladies, which provided instruction for most if not all subjects and charged for tuition, room and board. The school was not terribly innovative with it’s education methods - it was merely a source of income for the Blackwell sisters. -
Abandoned Academy
The Cincinati English and French Academy For Young Ladies was losing pupils and was soon abandoned on 1842. -
A Good Teacing Job
Elizabeth began to teach private pupils. In 1844, with the help of her sister Anna, she procured a teaching job that paid 400$ in Henderson, Kentucky. Elizabeth was pleased with with her pupils but ultimately found Henderson to be absurd and boring. Half a year later she returned to Cincinnati. -
A decision To Pursue A Medical Career
The idea to pursue the life of a doctor came from childhood and her friend who was dying of a painful disease ( possibly uterine cancer). The friend said that a female physician would have made the treatment far more comfortable for her. Blackwell also thought that women would make better doctors due to their motherly instincts and because her father always encouraged her to be whatever she wants to be if she works hard enuf to pursue it. But Elizabeth was still not sure that she would want a m -
Accepted To A Medical University
Elizabeth tried to get into twenty nine medical schools but was rejected because she was a woman. Elizabeth didn’t lose hope and prayed that one medical college would accept her. One marvelous day, she was. In october 1847, she got her acceptance letter. It was from Geneva Medical College in New York State. Elizabeth was overjoyed to have been accepted. Elizabeth soon packed her bags and took a train to New York and go to the medical college. It was only when she arrived that she soon learned th -
Education In Europe
Education
Elizabeth wanted to learn more, so she went to Europe in April 1849. She visited a few hospitals in Britain and then went to Paris, France. But no hospitals would accept her just because of her gender. In June, She enrolled at La Maternité; a lying in hospital,under the condition that she would be treated as a student midwife, not a physician. Elizabeth acquaintance of Hippolyte Blot, a young resident physician at La Maternité.She gained much medical experience through his mentorship -
No Hope Of Becoming a Surgeon
On November 4th, 1849, while treating a infant with Neonatal conjunctivitis, Elizabeth accidentally spurted the contaminated solution into her own eye, and contracted the infection. She went to the an optician, but still lost all sight in her left eye. Elizabeth had to get a glass eye in her left eye. Her right eye, grew strong and healthy again. But having lost her left eye, there was no hope of ever becoming a surgeon. -
Return To The United States.
In 1851, Blackwell decided to return to the United States to pursue her career. The prejudice against women in medicine was not as strong there, and she returned with the hope of establishing her own practice. -
In New York
Back in New York Elizabeth opened her Back in New York City, Blackwell opened up her own practice. She was faced with adversity, but did manage to get some media support from entities such as the New- York Tribune She had very few patients, a fact Blackwell attributed to the stigma of women doctors as abortionists. In 1852, she began delivering lectures and published The Laws of Life with Special Reference to the Physical Education of Girls, her first work, a volume about the physical and menta -
Back In The United States
Back in New York Elizabeth opened her Back in New York City,Blackwell opened up her own practice. She was faced with adversity,but did manage to get some media support from entities such as the New-York Tribune She had very few patients, a fact Blackwell attributed to the stigma of women doctors as abortionists.In 1852,she began delivering lectures and published The Laws of Life with Special Reference to the Physical Education of Girls. -
Kitty Barry
In 1856, while establishing a infirmary Elizabeth met Katherine Barry, who she called Kitty. Kitty was an irish orphan at from the House of Refuge on Randall’s Island. From her diary people found that she adopted her out of loneliness and out for she felt bad for her. -
Kitty Barry
In 1856, while establishing a infirmary Elizabeth met Katherine Barry, who she called Kitty. Kitty was an irish orphan at from the House of Refuge on Randall’s Island. From her diary people found that she adopted her out of loneliness and out for she felt bad for her. -
Civil War Efforts
When the civil war broke out in 1861, the Blackwell sisters aided the wounded. -
Meeting Abraham Lincoln
This war would end slavery and made her very happy. She sent nurses to help the soldiers. In 1864, she went to Washington D.C., and met Abraham Lincoln, the president of the United States. -
A Medical College
In 1868, Elizabeth added a medical college for women in her hospital. She taught how important it was to keep things clean. -
AutoBiography
In 1895, she wrote her autobiography. But it sold less than 500 copies. -
Last Years And Death
When Elizabeth became old, Kitty took care of her and called Kitty her true love that brung her joy. Elizabeth never married and so did any of her sisters. In 1907, Blackwell fell down some stairs and was left almost completely mentally and physically disabled. On May 31st 1910, Elizabeth Blackwell died at her home in Hastings, Sussex, after suffering a stroke that half paralyzed her.
