Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women

Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women

Author: Elizabeth Blackwell

Publisher:

Published: 1895

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13:

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Elizabeth Blackwell, though born in England, was reared in the United States and was the first woman to receive a medical degree here, obtaining it from the Geneva Medical College, Geneva, New York, in 1849. A pioneer in opening the medical profession to women, she founded hospitals and medical schools for women in both the United States and England. She was a lecturer and writer as well as an able physician and organizer. -- H.W. Orr.


Constance Fenimore Woolson

Constance Fenimore Woolson

Author: John Dwight Kern

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2016-11-11

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1512803081

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Biographical background and sectional writings of an American authoress of the last century whose very genuine talents have been largely overlooked.