📅 The first woman earns a medical degree in the US (1849)
Many schools had rejected her, but she never gave up, and later she opened a hospital and a medical college for women.
Where: Geneva, New York, USA
📅 On This Day: January 23
January 23, 1849: The first woman earns a medical degree in the US. On 23 January 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell graduated top of her class from Geneva Medical College in New York State. She was the first woman in the United States to earn a medical degree.
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- 1907 🔬 Physicist Hideki Yukawa was born in Tokyo; he predicted a new particle inside atoms and became the first Japanese person to win a Nobel Prize.
- 1918 🔬 Gertrude B. Elion was born; she invented important medicines against leukaemia and viruses and won the Nobel Prize in medicine.
- 1957 💡 Inventor Walter Frederick Morrison sold his flying disc to the Wham-O toy company, which soon renamed it the Frisbee.
🧠 Question of the day
Where did Blackwell rank in her class?
- First (top of the class)
- In the middle
- Last
Show the answer
Answer: First (top of the class)
🎂 Landmarks that opened on January 23
Questions
What happened on January 23?
January 23, 1849: The first woman earns a medical degree in the US. It happened in Geneva, New York, USA.
Which landmarks opened on January 23?
Frost Bank Tower (opened 2004).
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