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Birth
Elizabeth Blackwell was born on Feb. 3, 1821 in Bristol, England to Samuel and Hannah (Lane) Blackwell. She had two older siblings and six younger siblings. One of her younger siblings, Emily, would always follow after Elizabeth. Elizabeth would always say that she would become something hard but never said what she would become. The whole family laughed at her whenever she said this. -
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1821 - 1910
- This means that I made up the months and dates.
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Moved to the United States*
Elizabeth's family moved to New York from England when she was 11 years old. -
Father Passed Away*
Elizabeth's father passed away from billary fever when Elizabeth was seventeen. The family had a hard time afterwards so her mother and sisters opened a school for children even though all her sisters loathed teaching. -
Accepted into Geneva Medical College*
It was all part of a joke, but Elizabeth was accepted into the college. All of the other students either ignored her or stared at her because she was the only woman doctor in the school. Even though she was discouraged by many doctors many times, she never gave up. -
Graduated from Geneva Medical College*
Elizabeth Blackwell graduated as the only woman in her class. She was called up last, and everyone tried to take a look at her. The president did not remove his hat and bow for her classmates, but when it was her turn, he removed his hat and bowed in respect for the first woman doctor that graduated from Geneva Medical College. -
Blind In Her Left Eye*
It was early in the morning when Elizabeth was treating a baby with a eye disease, so she did not take that much care. When she was syringing the baby boy, the liquid squirted into her own eye too. She caught the disease! That night, her eye swelled up. She thought that the swelling would go down in the morning, but it did not. The other doctors took her to the surgery room. She had to stay in bed for several days before her right eye regained its sight but her left eye never regained its sight. -
Adopted Kitty*
Kitty Barry was a little seven - year - old Irish girl that was very fond of Elizabeth. Elizabeth went to the orphanage where Kitty stayed on Randall's Island and adopted Kitty to have company in her lonesome days in her office. At that time, no patient wanted to be treated with a woman phisician, so no patient came into her hospital. Everyone thought that woman doctors were bad. They thought men doctors were better. Kitty and Elizabeth took care of each other too as both of them grew up. -
The Civil War*
Elizabeth and Emily, the third woman doctor and Elizabeth's sister, trained many women to work as nurses to help the wounded during the Civil War. -
Opens a College*
Elizabeth, Emily, and Kitty open their own medical college for women. It is the first women's medical college. -
Books*
Elizabeth wrote a few books about health care and gives many lectures of health to many schools. -
Retiring*
Elizabeth retired from her job when she had an illness. She kept giving lectures, though, even though she was sick and tired because of her never-ending determination and spirit. -
Death
The great doctor passes away at the age of 89 in her sleep in Hastings, Engand with Kitty beside her. Kitty is now a lot older than she was when Elizabeth adopted her.
