[1] Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States, graduating in 1849 despite facing criticism and hostility. [2] She opened the Infirmary for Women and Children in 1853 to provide medical care to women and charge low fees, though it struggled financially. [3] Blackwell inspired many other women to enter medicine through her lectures in Britain and the United States, and helped establish several institutions to train women in medicine including the first medical school for women in the U.S.

1. Elizabeth Blackwell “ For what is done or learned by one class of women becomes, by virtue of their common womanhood, property of all women”

4. Inspiration to study medicine