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Elizabeth Blackwell is born.
On February 3, 1821, Elizabeth Blackwell was born. -
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The Life of Elizabeth Blackwell
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Thomas Jefferson and John Adams
On July 4, 1824, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both died on the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. -
Emigrates to America
In 1832, when Blackwell was 11, she and her family emigrated to America after her father needed a better area for his sugar refining business. -
School for the Blind
In August of 1832, The United States's first school for the blind opens under the direction of Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe. -
Mormans reach the Great Salt Lake
On July 24, 1847, the first Mormons reached the Great Salt Lake. -
Medical Degree
In 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell graduated from Geneva Medical College, where she became the first woman to recieve a medical degree. -
Eye Disease
When Blackwell was treating an infant with ophthalmia neonatorum, she spurted some contaminated solution into her own eye accidentally, and contracted the infection. She lost sight in her left eye and lost all hope of becoming a surgeon. -
Published a Book
In 1852, Blackwell published "The Laws of Life with Special Reference to the Physical Education of Girls", her first work, a volume about the physical and mental development of girls. -
Expanded her dispensary
In 1857, Dr. Marie Zakrzewska, along with Blackwell and her sister Emily, who had also obtained a medical degree, expanded Blackwell's original dispensary into the New York Infirmary for Indigent Women and Children. -
General Medical Council
On January 1, 1859, Blackwell became the first woman to have her name entered on the General Medical Council's medical register. -
Fort Sumter
On April 12, 1861, at 4:30 a.m., Confederate guns fire on Fort Sumter, a federal installation in South Carolina's Charleston harbor. The fort surrendered after 34 hours of bombardment. -
President Lincoln
On November 8, 1864, President Lincoln defeated Democratic candidate George B. McClellan. -
13th Amendment
On December 18, 1865, the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution abolished slavery. -
Great Chicago Fire
On October 8, 1871, the Great Chicago Fire claimed 250 lives and destroyed 17,500 buildings. -
London School
In 1874, Blackwell and Sophia Jex-Blake established the London School of Medicine for Women. -
Telephone
On February 14, 1876, 29-year-old Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone. -
Blackwell Retires
In 1877, Blackwell resigned from her position as lecturer in midwifery, officially retiring from her medical career. -
Lightbulb
On October 21, 1879, Thomas Edison invented the light bulb. -
Statue of Liberty
On October 28, 1886, President Grover Cleveland unveiled the Statue of Liberty. -
Elizabeth Blackwell Dies
On May 31, 1910 Elizabeth Blackwell died at her home in Hastings.
