The First Woman to Receive a Medical Degree in the U.S.
Blackwell (3 February
1821 – 31 May 1910) was the first woman to receive a medical degree in the
United States, as well as the first woman on the UK Medical Register. She was
the first openly identified woman to graduate from medical school, a pioneer in
promoting the education of women in medicine in the United States, and a social
and moral reformer in both the United States and in England.