American physician and educator (died 1910)

Elizabeth Blackwell

Elizabeth Blackwell was an English-American physician, notable as the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States, and the first woman on the Medical Register of the General Medical Council for the United Kingdom. Blackwell played an important role in both the United States and the United Kingdom as a social reformer, and was a pioneer in promoting education for women in medicine. Her contributions remain celebrated with the Elizabeth Blackwell Medal, awarded annually to a woman who has made a significant contribution to the promotion of women in medicine.

Born

1821

February 3

Died

1910

Era

1820s

Country

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Elizabeth, in brief

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Key dates

1821 Born
1910 Died

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1047 Drogo of Hauteville is elected as count of the Apulian Normans during the Norman conquest of Southern Italy.
1112 Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, and Douce I, Countess of Provence, marry, uniting the fortunes of those two states.
1451 Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire.
1488 Bartolomeu Dias of Portugal lands in Mossel Bay after rounding the Cape of Good Hope, becoming the first known European to travel so far south.

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The world in 1910

When Elizabeth departed

april 12 SMS Zrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched.
april 16 The oldest indoor ice hockey arena used for the sport in the 21st century, Boston Arena, opens for the first time.
april 28 Frenchman Louis Paulhan wins the 1910 London to Manchester air race, the first long-distance aeroplane race in the United Kingdom.
april 29 The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the People's Budget, the first budget in British history with the expressed intent of redistributing wealth among the British public.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on February 3

Becky Bayless 1982– American wrestler Billy Meier 1937– Swiss author and photographer Blythe Danner 1943– American actress Bridget Regan 1982– American actress Dave Davies 1947– English musician Elizabeth Holmes 1984– American fraudster, founder of Theranos Felix Mendelssohn 1809–1847 German pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1847) Fran Tarkenton 1940– American football player and sportscaster Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz 1721–1773 Prussian general (died 1773)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1821

Charles Tupper 1821–1915 Canadian physician and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Canada (died 1915) Fyodor Dostoevsky 1821– Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and philosopher (died 1881) James Springer White 1821–1881 American religious leader, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (died 1881) Nikolay Nekrasov 1821–1878 Russian poet and critic (died 1877) William Henry Vanderbilt 1821–1885 American businessman and philanthropist (born 1821) William Jervois 1821–1897 English engineer and diplomat, 10th Governor of South Australia (born 1821)

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