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Elizabeth Blackwell Elizabeth Blackwell was a great woman. She was the first woman to receive a Medical degree in America. She opened an Infirmary for women and children in New York.Elizabeth Blackwell was born on February 3 1821 in Bristol, England. But was raised differently then most children at this time. See women were treated differently than men. Women were given little education and were not allowed to hold important positions. They were not allowed to …

…in the world. Elizabeth Blackwell gave her whole life on fighting ignorance and illnesses. She opened a hospital and clinic called the New York Infirmary for Women and children. She also helps to train nurse for duty in the Civil War. She wrote many books on health and the prevention of diseases. She died in 1910, at the age of 89. Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell showed many people why some things were so important like medicine and humanity.