Happy #NationalWomenPhysiciansDay to my amazing female physician friends and colleagues who serve in medicine. Today honors the birthday of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to receive a medical degree 172 years ago
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She was rejected from each medical school she applied to, except Geneva Medical College (upstate New York). The dean and faculty, usually responsible for evaluating an applicant, were not able to make a decision due to the special nature of Blackwell's case. They decided to vote 
They put the issue up to a vote by the 150 male students of the class with the stipulation that if one student objected, Blackwell would be turned away. The young men voted unanimously to accept her!
Thus, in 1847, Blackwell became the first woman to attend Med School in the US
Thus, in 1847, Blackwell became the first woman to attend Med School in the US
Blackwell's inaugural thesis on typhoid fever, published in 1849 in the Buffalo Medical Journal, shortly after she graduated, was the first medical article published by a female student from the United State
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