Dr. Blackwell

(Host: Samantha) In 1847, the idea that a woman could be a medical doctor was absurd. Some thought it couldn’t be done. Others accepted the premise that a woman could learn to be a physician, but suggested such a woman would need to disguise herself as a man and go study far away where no one would recognize her – France, perhaps. But for Elizabeth Blackwell that defeated the purpose. Her goal was to prove that a woman could do anything a man could do. And once she got her medical degree, she set to work helping other women, starting with her sister Emily, follow in her footsteps. For further reading suggestions and more, please visit:

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Dr. Blackwell is an episode from Footnoting History by Footnoting History.

This episode is 25:59 long.

This episode was published on Nov 8, 2025.

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