On This Day in History: Elizabeth Blackwell Becomes the First Woman M.D. 🎓

This Day in History:
First Woman M.D.
January 23, 1849.
Elizabeth Blackwell was granted a medical degree from Geneva College in New York, now known as Hobart College.
She became the first female
to be officially recognized
as a physician in U.S. history.
Born in Bristol, England, Blackwell came to the United States in her youth and attended the medical faculty of Geneva College.
After several years of private
practice, she co-founded the
New York Infirmary for
Women and Children
in 1857.
In 1868, the institution
was expanded to include a
women’s college for the
training of nurses and doctors.
Blackwell returned to England, where she became professor of gynecology at the
London School of Medicine for Women in 1875