Introducing our Weekly Women in History Segment!: Elizabeth Blackwell

For out first Women in History post, check out this article about the first female doctor in the United States: Elizabeth Blackwell.

She was trained at the Geneva Medical College and worked in gynecology. Aside from her work in the medical field, she was also very involved in social reform movements such as "women’s rights, family planning, hygiene, eugenics, medical education, sexual purity and Christian socialism."