Elizabeth Blackwell

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    Elizabeth Blackwell

  • Graduated

    graduated from geneva, new york with a medical degree

  • Birth

    Elizabeth Blackwell was born Febuary, 3, 1821 to Hannah (Lane) Blackwell and Samuel Blackwell.

  • Refinary Burnt Down

    Elizabeth and her familly moved to the USA after Blackwell sugar refinary burnt down.

  • Changed Denomination

    She was baptized Episcopalian but later changed to Unitarianism.

  • Headmisstris

    Elizabeth became the headmisstris at her sisters' school that they ran in the U.S.

  • Adopted Child

    Adopted her daughter b.(1847) Katharine Barry, adopted 1854.

  • Geneva , New York

    She moved the Geneva, New York in 1850.

  • Dispensary

    Elizabeth opened her own dispensary.

  • England

    She returned to England for good. This time she would stay here.

  • Medical Register

    Her name was the 1st woman's name placed in the British Medical Register. (profesor of Gynaecology)