On this day in 1821, Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman doctor, was born. What type of obstacles do you think she had to overcome in order to reach her goal of being the first woman doctor?

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Maxine · Answer

Men harassing them

Layladacutie12 · Answer

Wow

Maxine · Answer

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Wow
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Its true tho

jimthompson5910 · Answer

This article might help https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/elizabeth-blackwell Quotes from the page: `there were few medical colleges and none that accepted women` `Rejected everywhere she applied, she was ultimately admitted to Geneva College in rural New York, however, her acceptance letter was intended as a practical joke` `Blackwell faced discrimination and obstacles in college: professors forced her to sit separately at lectures and often excluded her from labs`