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The First Woman Doctor: The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell, M. D.
The First Woman Doctor The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell M D Author:Rachel Baker "I don't know what I'm going to be," said Elizabeth Blackwell when she was six. "But I think it will be something hard." — Twenty years later, mobs threaten her life. Women pull their skirts away when she goes by. No one willl rent her a room. No medical school wants to admit her. — Young Elizabeth Blackwell certaintly chose "something hard" when ... more »she decided to become a doctor. It was a time when men-who often didn't even wash their hands before an operation-ruled supreme in the medical world.
But Elizabeth did become a doctor-a good one-in spite of everything. Read her thrilling story.« less