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Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821, and emigrated from London to New York City when she was ten year's old. One day, she decided that she wanted __1
to be a doctor. That was nearly impossible for a woman in the middle of the nineteenth century. Before writing __2
many letters seeking an admission to medical school, she __3
was finally accepted by a doctor in Philadelphia. Therefore __4
determined she was that she taught in school and gave __5
music lessons to earn money for her tuition.
In 1849,until graduating from medical school, she decided __6
to farther her education in Paris. She wanted to be a surgeon, __7
but a serious eye infection forced her to abandon the idea.Upon returning to the US, she found difficult to start her __8
own practice because she was a woman. By 1857 Elizabeth and her sister, also a doctor, managed to open a new hospital,the first for woman and children. Besides being the first __9
female physician and found her own hospital, she also __10
established the first medical school for women.
