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Elizabeth Blackwell receives a diploma on a church platform before seated medical graduates.Famous people

Elizabeth Blackwell graduates from Geneva Medical College

Elizabeth Blackwell’s graduation on 23 January 1849 made her the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States.

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