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She was born in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
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In 1849 Elizabeth Blackwell became the first female doctor.
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She married Dr. John Milton in manchester, New Hampshire.
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From the New England Medical College for Women.
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Georgia seceded from the union.
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He was elected.
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On April 12, 1861 the Civil War began.
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When the civil war began, Esther went to Washington, but was rejected as a nurse and remained a volenteer.
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The Battle of Antietam took place.
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The Battle of Gettysburg took place.
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Vicksburg surreneded in July of 1863.
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The rebels won.
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The battle of atlanta took place and Atlanta burned.
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She opened a school for both black and whites in Jacksonville.
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The Civil War ended on April 9, 1865 after 4 years.
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Esther started what might have been the first integrated school in Florida.
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On November 1867, Esther wrote in her diary that the 17 black and 8 white students at her school were playing together.
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The school esther owned was torched.
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After her school was torched, Esther went back to work with her husband because her school was torched.
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Esther died in 1906 at the age of 73.
