Elizabeth Blackwell

Time: 1821-1910
School: Geneva Medical College
Where: New York, USA
What did she do:
          * First woman do get accepted and graduate from an American medical school
          * With colleagues, founded the New York Infirmary for Women and Children
          * Helped form the WCAR (Women's Central Association for Relief) during the Civil War
               and trained a unit of field nurses.
          * Founded the Woman's Medical College of the New York Infirmary, the first women's
               medical school.
          * With colleagues, founded the London School of Medicine and was the Professor of
               Gynecology there until 3 years before her death.
Inspired by: A friend who had recently had her gynecological ailment treated by a man and
               claimed how she would have been spared from such an embarrassing ordeal if
               she was treated by a female instead.

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