1737: Elizabeth Graeme Ferguson born
1821: Elizabeth Blackwell born (first woman in the U.S. to earn a medical degree)
1874: Gertrude Stein born (writer)
Quote for Today
A blank wall of social and professional antagonism faces the woman physician that forms a situation of singular and painful loneliness, leaving her without support, respect or professional counsel.
— Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell
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