Elizabeth Blackwell Paved Way for Women Doctors
Born in 1821 in Bristol, Elizabeth Blackwell moved to Cincinnati at age 11 and helped start a girls' school after her father's death. A stubborn advocate for education, she pursued medicine despite 28 medical school rejections, inspired by a dying friend and a neighbor's praise of a lady doctor.
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England
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Cincinnati
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Elizabeth Blackwell Breaks Barriers at Geneva Medical College
The Geneva Medical College accepted Elizabeth Blackwell by male student vote as a joke that became history. She graduated first in 1849, advanced women in medicine, opened a women doctors hospital in 1851, taught in London in the 1870s, and died in 1910.
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New York
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London School of Medicine
England
First Aid Basics and Safe Response Tips
Guidance on staying calm and performing CPR mouth to mouth resuscitation the Heimlich maneuver and other techniques until emergency responders arrive. Training available through the American Red Cross scouting groups and youth organizations with redcross.org to locate local instruction.
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Mini Page Heroes chapter promotes 50 American Heroes book
The issue highlights a Denenberg Roscoe chapter from 50 American Heroes Every Kid Should Meet with ordering information at heroes4us com and a library note about Elizabeth Blackwell America s first woman doctor by Trina Robbins
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Lorraine Roscoe
Heroes4us.com
Elizabeth Blackwell
America
Trina Robbins
Mini Page Jokes and Reef Turtles Eye Infections
Mini Page highlights a joke exchange between Lila and Lance about a sick lemon and a pun. It also notes cobalt pollution linked illnesses affecting turtles in Australia's Great Barrier Reef and Upstart Bay with eye infections. Gratitude is given to Dennis Denenberg and Lorraine Roscoe for assistance.
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