Elizabeth Blackwell

Elizabeth Blackwell was one of the first women doctors. In the 19th century this profession was not associated with women, and all qualified doctors in Europe and the USA were men. In those years, it was very difficult for girls to become medical students, and very few of them could find the job as a doctor in hospitables. Elizabeth Blackwell was one of them. She was born in England in 1821. At the age of 11 she came to America with her family. The Blackwell`s settled in Aimhigher. When Elizabeth became a young woman, she went to Kentucky to teach. Then she lost an elderly friend trough a lasting illness and decided to become a doctor.