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The first women to earn a degree got it from Wesleyan College in Macon, Ga. Catherine Brewer Benson was the name of the woman who earned the degree from the small liberal arts women's college.
elizebeth blackwell was the first black woman to earn her medical degree
Elizabeth Blackwell is important to history because she was the first woman doctor, and that went along with supporting slavery.
she changed history now women can get a medical degree
Elizabeth Blackwell (3 February 1821 - 31 May 1910) was the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States, as well as the first woman on the UK Medical Register. She was the first openly identified woman to graduate from medical school, a pioneer in promoting the education of women in medicine in the United States, and a social and moral reformer in both the United States and in England.
Elizabeth Blackwell (February 1821 to May 1910) was the first woman to become a doctor in the United States and be on the UK Medical Register. She acquired her medical degree on January 23, 1849, from Geneva Medical College in New York.
For one thing, she was the first American woman to ever receive a medical degree: she became a doctor in 1849. She devoted her life to helping other women to gain an education and to become more informed about health-related issues. She founded the New York Infirmary in 1857, a school where women could get the medical training that other schools refused to give them (most colleges back then still denied women admission). In addition to training women to become doctors, she and the staff at her hospital gave medical treatment to those who were too poor to pay for it. Elizabeth Blackwell also published several important books, including Medicine as a Profession For Women in 1860 and Address on the Medical Education of Women in 1864.
First, it should be noted that women throughout history (and even in Bible times) worked as midwives, delivering babies. But the first woman to receive a medical degree in the USA was Elizabeth Blackwell, a British-born woman who came to the US and pursued a medical education. In 1849, she received her degree (after enduring much opposition from men, who believed women lacked the strength and intelligence to be doctors). Blackwell proved them wrong, but it was not easy. Many people still distrusted a woman as a physician, and it was not until 1852-1853 that she was able to start a successful practice in New York City.
Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell is remembered as the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States. She did so in 1849. She is also noted for having set up two clinics for poor women in New York, one in 1853 and the other in 1857.
A gynecologist is a physician specializing in women's health issues. Therefore, you will need to obtain a bachelor's degree from a college or university and, subsequently, be accepted to and complete basic medical training (typically four years to receive the M.D. degree) plus additional training in your specialty after completion of your M.D. degree.
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