1. Elizabeth Blackwell Kennedy Smales

2. Introduction Elizabeth Blackwell became the 1 st women to earn a medical degree on January 11 th, 1849. I think that is an amazing accomplishment for a women in the late 1800’s to become a doctor.

3. Birth Certificate Elizabeth Blackwell was born on February 3,1821 to Samuel and Hanna Blackwell in Counterslip Bristol, England

4. Diary Entry Dear Diary, Today I am sitting in our home in Counterslip Bristol, waiting for our school lesson to begin, my brothers are fighting over which seat they shall sit in, while my sister wants me to play dress up. Two of my brothers are sick in bed, I hope nothing happens to them, because three of my sisters are also ill. Elizabeth Blackwell

5. Newspaper Article Ms. Elizabeth Blackwell and her sister Emily founded and opened the London School of Medicine in 1847 what an extraordinary thing for a women to do hopefully we shall see more of Ms Blackwell and her sister in the near future.

6. Timeline 1821: February 3 rd, she was born 1832: Samuel Blackwell’s sugarcane factory was destroyed in a fire accident. Elizabeth Blackwell and family relocated from England to New York City, USA. 1838: moved to Ohio 1845-1847: taught school in Kentucky before moving to North Carolina 1849: Received her medical degree 1874: Elizabeth and her sister Emily founded the London School of medicine 1910: Elizabeth Blackwell dies May 31 st, 1910

7. Quotes Medicine is so broad a field, so closely interwoven with general interests, dealing as it does with all ages, sexes and classes, and yet of so personal a character in its individual appreciations, that it must be regarded as one of those great departments of work in which the cooperation of men and women is needed to fulfill all its requirements.

8. Pictures of Elizabeth Elizabeth and her daughter Katherine “kitty” Elizabeth in 1855

9. Family Mother : Hannah Blackwell Father: Samuel Blackwell Brothers: Samuel C., Henry, George Washington, John Sisters: Emily, Anna, Sarah, Marianne, Husband: never married Children Katherine “kitty” was adopted

10. School she attended She attended Oxford University