Source: Good News Network
On this day 170 years ago, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman doctor in the United States. The local press boasted about the gender pioneer who graduated after becoming the first woman in the country to attend medical school. She chose the field after her friend fell ill and suggested that if a female doctor had cared for her, she might not have suffered so much.
As a woman, Elizabeth Blackwell endured a lot of prejudice, as she was rejected from every medical school except one—Geneva College in New York (now, Hobart and William Smith Colleges). On graduation day, when the British-born student was receiving her diploma, the school’s dean, Dr. Charles Lee, stood up and bowed to her. (1849)MORE Good News on this Date:
- The first bridge over the Mississippi River opened in Minnesota (1855)
- Charles Curtis, a Kansas attorney from the Kaw nation, became the first person with significant Native American ancestry to be elected as a US Senator, which led to his later becoming vice-president, under President Herbert Hoover (1907)
- The 24th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified prohibiting election day poll taxes (1964)
- A peace accord was reached between US & Vietnam (1973)
- National Handwriting Day in the USA was established on John Hancock’s birthday (1977)
- Sweden became the first nation to ban aerosol sprays protecting the Earth’s ozone layer (1978)
- The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted its first members: Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, James Brown, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly and Jerry Lee Lewis (1986)
- The US Patent & Trademark Office revoked four key patents…
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