Elizabeth Blackwell Health Care Heroes

I unfortunately didn’t have enough time to of course to completely solidify my findings. But one thing that is for sure is that the Healthcare field grew in a short amount of time, there was so much intelligence back then that we only think of bone saw but in reality they had things that seemed to defy what should have been normal at the time, and this of course is just a start of my findings. For the research part on woman I found that surprisingly Florence Nightingale wasn’t technically the first Nurse. There had been a pioneer in England that you’ll find in one of my sources listed in the bibliography that isn’t necessarily relevant to make the point. Next I found that woman seemed to pioneer it as a means for a platform to build in a way the woman’s right moment and just because they wanted to help out. Especially when wars broke out there had been fewer men at home and more men in the Homefront. In total I believe that this topic could swing to a different topic in multiple ways such as Healthcare through the ages, the war, how men became nurses, the process of nursing school back then, and as you can see this also goes on. My one un-answered question is how they cured someone back then. There’s mostly home cures but no solid book from a professional that could tell me what exactly they did back then. Overall I believe I’ve covered this

Elizabeth Blackwell deserves to be the TIME’s Women of the year because she created many opportunities for women and changed medicine. Blackwell was born February 3, 1821 in Bristol, England. Blackwell along with with her 8 siblings, mom and dad moved to New York in 1832 after her father's sugarcane industry was shut down. Elizabeth Blackwell became a teacher in America but later in 1849, Blackwell became the first woman in America to be awarded a medical degree, where she graduated from Geneva Medical College. Blackwell decided she wanted to pursue this career because one of her close friend had suggested that they would have been spared her worst suffering if her physician would have been a woman. Blackwell saved many lives. Blackwell also

One women that beat the odds, and did what no woman has done before was Elizabeth Blackwell.  “She was the first woman in the United States to receive a medical degree and she helped to break down prejudice against women in medicine” (Blackwell, Elizabeth). Elizabeth was born on February 3, 1821,

These lectures stressed to expectant mothers on topics such as: regular habits, exercise, bathing, and healthy eating. Her lectures attracted the attention of the Quaker society and with their fund raising help, she opened her first dispensary in 1853. (McClain, 2014) Here she treated the poor women and children from the slums of New York for free, as well as taking paying patients part-time. A year later she incorporated her dispensary and became known as, The New York Dispensary for Poor Women and Children.

She moved to California in 1974 to work as an assistant professor of surgery at Charles R. Drew University and the University of California, Los Angeles. In 1975, she became the first female faculty member in the Department of Ophthalmology at UCLA's Jules Stein Eye Institute. In 1976, Patricia co-founded the American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness. By 1983, she had helped create the Ophthalmology Residency Training program at UCLA-Drew, becoming the first woman in the nation to hold the position as a chair person. In 1981, 39 year old Patricia began working on her world renowned invention: the Laserphaco Probe. Using laser technology, the invention created a less painful and more accurate treatment of cataract. Patricia received a patent (a government authority or license conferring a right or title for a set period, especially the sole right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention) for the device in 1988. With this patent, she became the first African-American female doctor to receive a patent for a medical purpose. She also holds patents in Japan, Canada and Europe. With her Laserphaco Probe, Patricia Bath was able to help restore the sight of people who had been blind for more than 30 years. In 1993, she retired, becoming an honorary member of UCLA’s medical staff and was named a "Howard University Pioneer in Academic

Woolsey articulates, “‘these annoyances could not have been endured by the nurses but for the knowledge that they were pioneers, who were, if possibly, to gain standing ground for others-who must create the position they wished to occupy” . This excerpt exposes the true barrier between the sexes in the workplace. However, Woolsey brings up an important point- although women were treated at an unfair advantage, their persistence in the workplace paved the way for future women. Miss Bucklin recalls her first day entering the hospital thinking, “‘If any woman has done this, I can’” . Bucklin’s statement truly illuminates how one woman’s victory was a victory for all women; one female nurse or doctor inspired many more to enter the field of medicine regardless of gender

Elizabeth Blackwell In the early 1800’s, becoming a doctor was extremely challenging, especially if you were a woman. This was mostly because female doctors were unheard of at the time. That is until Elizabeth Blackwell decided to pursue a medical degree in 1839. It took her over five years to save up enough money to even think about applying for medical school and even then no one would accept her because she was a woman.

Women revolutionized the medical fields. They created a system called triage which assessed the level of urgency the patients. A woman named Clara Barton was a nurse who went on to found the Red Cross. Some wrote letters to lonely soldiers, some took wounded into their homes. They comforted soldiers on their deathbed, and also aided surgeons with surgery. Some women acted as spies for the North or South. However, some women disguised themselves as men to to get into the army.

In that time period, the medical services were expensive for people, and many poor even could not afford money for buying medicine. Bethune cared about the medical service of poor, and usually afforded free medicine to people. Also, he thought that everyone should get the free health care service in Canada. So, Bethune made great efforts to propose the free health care service in Canada. Maclean and Entin (2000) claimed, “ He recognized that good care depended on a team effort, which demanded cooperation among physicians, surgeons and others” (P.NG). In the article “Norman Bethune and Edward Archibald: sung and unsung heroes”, authors stated that Bethune thought the health care system was not efficient and complete, and he also recognized the main duty is to create a group to protect the health of people. (Maclean, Entin, 2000, P.NG). What’s more, Maclean and Entin said, “ He responded that 25 years ago it would have been thought contemptible to be called a socialist”(2000, P.NG). So, for social consciousness, Bethune tried to accomplish the dream of building health care system in

Philosophy- A true visionary, American birth control activist in early 1900s, sex educator, writer and nurse in poor parts of NY so she saw real woman suffer over unwanted pregnancies, born humanitarian, feminist, population control and eugenics activist

“None of us know what we are capable of until we are tested.” - Elizabeth Blackwell. When Elizabeth was young, she had lots of siblings. Elizabeth was born on February 3, 1821. Her father wanted them all to have a successful life and send them off to college. Lots of her siblings died while they were on their way to New York. She wanted to go to many colleges, but only one of them accepted her. It was the Geneva Medical School in New York. Elizabeth was the first woman to get a medical degree. Some of the things you will be learning are what did they do to become famous, why did it change things, and why is it important.

For example, one admirable hero that can be looked up to is Lucy Stone. She is a hero because she spoke up for women's rights and slavery. Lucy helped create the first national Woman's Rights Convention. Not only did Lucy help pass the 1st Amendment, but she also was the first person to get the public to really think about how women were treated and what few rights they had.

When Elizabeth Blackwell graduated from Geneva Medical School in 1849, she became the first woman doctor in the United States. When she enrolled in the Medical Register of the United Kingdom, this made her Europe’s first modern woman doctor.

Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, the first female physician in America, struggled with sexual prejudice to earn her place in history. She was born in Bristol, England on February 3, 1821 to a liberal and wealthy family. She was the third daughter in a family of nine children. Her father, Samuel Blackwell, believed in the value of education and knowledge and hired a governess for the girls, even though many girls were not educated in those days. In 1832, the family sugar cane plantation went bankrupt, forcing the family to move to America.

Throughout the history of nursing, nursing has evolved over time due to the impact of many women. These women have made a path that has both encouraged generations to follow in their footsteps, but also allow the best outcomes for them. Sister M. Berenice Beck’s greatest contributions to nursing were the development of the Code of Ethics and becoming the first female PhD and dean of nursing.