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Medicine as a Profession for Women, Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell, 1860
Sisters and physicians, Elizabeth (1821–1910) and Emily Blackwell (1826–1910) delivered this lecture in December 1859. At the time, some male members of the medical profession in New York City were considering opening the profession to women. The Blackwells argued that opening medicine to women would benefit both individual patients and society at large. According to the Blackwells, women were uniquely suited to medicine because of, not despite of, their social position. In addition to the general case for women in medicine, Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell presented some suggestions for improving medical education.
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