【美国人物志】伊丽莎白·布莱克威尔 (9/9)

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伊丽莎白 布莱克威尔 她是西方第一位成为医生的女性,19世纪医生都是男性。30岁在美国开第一家女子诊所,47岁成立自己的女子医学院。
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Elizabeth BlackwellElizabeth Blackwell never married. Neither did her sisters. They believed in treating men like equals. And they expected to be treated like equals themselves. Most men of that time did not accept such treatment. This belief caused problems for their brothers too. They had trouble finding wives who wanted to be considered as equals. Two of Elizabeth's brothers did marry, however. Both their wives were famous workers for the cause of women's rights.
Elizabeth Blackwell died in England in 1910. She was 89 years old. She was a very strong woman. She once wrote that she understood why no woman before her had done what she did. She said it was hard to continue against every kind of opposition. Yet she kept on because she felt the goal was very important. Toward the end of her life, she received many letters of thanks from young women. One wrote that doctor Blackwell had shown the way for women to move on.