THESIS
Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell’s pioneering journey to become the first female medical doctor in the United States marked a crucial turning point in history, challenging societal conventions and opening doors for women in the medical field, thereby catalyzing a transformative shift in both the perception and role of women in society and professional arenas, and paving the way for future advancements in gender equality.
"The conclusion of the whole matter, I think, is just this: the subject is no longer a question, but a fact. Miss B. is a worker. Just so far as people are workers, they are omnipotent, every one of them; they need very little help, and cannot be much hindered by anybody. She is one of those who cannot be hedged up, or turned aside, or defeated. She will not stop to complain or wrangle about proprieties with people that never do anything, either right or wrong, and she won’t fret. She is a woman, not of words, but of deeds; and those who only want to talk about it, may as well give it up. Withal, her purpose is higher pitched, her aim is broader, her idea deeper, than appears to those who look only at surfaces, and worry themselves with what they call proprieties and practicabilities."
~ Dr. Bailey, supporter of Elizabeth Blackwell, National Era (Washington, D.C.), 5 April 1849