The sun., 1910-06-02

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7 thsfs ths ruluvatinn q ha~i sugaf and sa
tiriks . sIBa az slavery ~ n,aAinG ths
aoushsrn cfhn wiEtf plantations ln.
I pr,htahls 1lt d.aih intrrtuptsi hia
phns and b. lrft he family tsp-asient
upnn their gwn sssrtiuus hisahsth.
with ths help q hsr mother tnd tsn
l sisie-.. apsns.i a sChsul and began a. oncs
/ to take an active nmrt Ia ths anti slavsrY
/ and higher @ducation foF Wuuisn move
/ mrnts
Whsn hsr yonr.r hruthsrs were old
enough o. a. O. work Mha hlarkwall
/ went b. nanduruon. ~ 30 taha charEr
| q : diaIrtct eChool her reaidencs there
/ hruught har INTO dirvCt coutaCt with
slavery and With h.r vipvs on ths sub
| irct boz posiiiun hecanle impussihie
| shs rsslrned after tsarhma onn term.
| hun not b el0re uhs had astnuished hsr
| neirhhorz ~ her feariassneas In gong
nhOuf Oh = Couufry un.scurtfd
/ u u said that ths pruiessiun ui wedi
Uins dd nut artract Mes hlarkwell but
/ that zhe believed that th-Fe vas a nHvd
/ fur women physirians and thai ths prules-
sirn ought % us upan o. her 80. With
characteristic energy she began the
I struggle - gst the medical college doors
o. o,-R % her. Many physicians 20
whom she wrote assured her that her
I
didn't give up but IN istb began the
,tudy q medic,ns privately under the
| Rev John Dlck.on, Who kept a school
Z IN Asheville y 4 where she vas engaged
a. q teacher Ia 1871 she went tn Phila-
,ielphla and after studying anatomy
under DR. Allen applied Tor admission
[ % the four medical colleges II that city
/ All refused ~ vt h.r IN. one professor,
[ d u aid. olisred to admit her 10 his glasses
. Il she would disguise herself a. man,
I but Nli=s Blackwell wa making her tight
Cor women IN general and she refu-ed the
cfer
/ me large medical schools IN New NorN
+ alzo refused toopen their doors a woman
and Mis- Blackwell -snt appiicati-ns %
twelve country colleges Ih' meliCai
.rhool at Geneva. y = granted her
reutler. A. that time there were ia1
/ studsntz az the school and they had the
/ reputation of heing rough lot. Mis-
Blackwell- Application bad been r.
/ frrred ~ the student hody and by them
approved ~ great joke. The faculty
received the vote of approval with evil
dent distrust. but they were forced %
admit Mis- Blarkwsl Much % their
. sunrise and relief the hcisterous studants
nut un their h,st mannsrs when Mi
blackwell APPEARED M the classroom
After a few unsuc, "-zful practical jokes
they showed Mrs. Blackwell every Cour.
iesy The public m general. however,
didn't approve u women medical ~tu-
deuts and Tor long time held 90 the 20
. lief that M~s Blackwell must o." 9th
da1Tay"i W insln"
Miss Blackwell graduated a. tho heal
pf her class al Geneva iu lsAa Nhc stiIdi'd
later vlt7 her sist Hr Ewlir a. Ia Mat"rlite
and he Hotel nDu il IaTis and al ~
BA. tgolomsw's ~ lordon IN Paris and
lsuIdon slS mgdC 8 Ec aUQuAlntance and
formed friendships with Lady Byron
and lDrcnce NiEl turala
lu 1861 Dr BLACKWELL returned ~ New
York and began - praDJis' u vas tlen
considered highly improper for = woman
tn be- a doctor and u. Blackwell was
ustra I'D she even had difficulty IN rCnt-
INC ofhca room one laudlady who tsck
her in loot all her other l0dger1 and finally
Dr. Blackwell was torCl d 20 borrow money
and buy a house - her own.
Meanwhile PATIENTS came slowly Not
heing allowed t1 practI-e m the dlsnen.
sarps, the inuovat1r started one n her
own. ard ln 1854 with hst sister Emily.
who had received her degree in medicine
from Western Reserve University in 1904.
ard Dr. Marie Zakrzswska founded The New
York lnhrmary Tor Women and thi!dren.
tl.e fret hospital On the county n be CON
duGted hy women The struggle was a
hard one and most ~ the hospitals pa
tients we're drawn from the very poor.
Who welcomed the women doctors but the
three women Kept up their courage and
IN time the institution became flourish
ing one
When the war came Dr. Blackwell
called a meeting IN consider means -
provide trainsd nurses for the army
From this meeting grew tho National
sanitary Aid Association
Mindful NJ her own struggles n get
medical education and there being still
no medical college for women IN this
country. Dr Blackwell also founded the
Woman Medical College n the New
York lnfirmary which was afterward
merged with the Cornell Medical College
when that institution opened IT, doors %
women
Or Blackwell returned 20 England in
isGo and made her home there until her
death. practising in London and Hastings
she founded tho National Health Society
Of London and assisted IN founding the
London SchOol II Medicine Tor v omen
Besides lNCturing on medical and educa-
tiOnal topics Dr Blackwell wrote many
books and pamphlets among them The
Moral Education - the Young. The
human Element IN Sex. The Influence
nf Women IN Medicine. Pioneer Work
m Opening the Medical Profession n
Women and The Physical Education of
Girls
Dr Blackwell il survived by her sister.
Dr EmiIy Blackwell. who lives In Mont
clair II was Earned last niEht that she
l. seriously ~ Her brother. Henry y
Blackwell was the abolitiOnist and suf
iragist wEo married Lucy stone. and an.
q OF brot Ier. samuel Blackwell married
has