Elizabeth Blackwell: America's First Female Doctor

Contributor(s): Somervill, Barbara A (Author)

ISBN: 9781433900556

Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing

$29.00

Pub Date: January 16, 2009

Dewey: B

LCCN: 2008036607

Lexile Code: 0930

Features: Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: 11 to 17

Physical Info: 0.50" H x 9.10" L x 6.70" W ( 0.88 lbs) 112 pages

BISAC Categories:

Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography and Autobiography | Women

Series: Life Portraits

Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000128935 ( Elizabeth Blackwell: America's First Female Doctor)

Reading level: 7.30

Interest level: MG

Point value: 3.0

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: Impossible! Unheard of! When Elizabeth Blackwell decided to become a doctor, she repeatedly heard those comments. In mid-19th century, medicine was not a field open to women. But Blackwell wouldnt let that stop her from earning a medical degree at New Yorks Geneva Medical College in 1849. Blackwells determination to succeed led her to become Americas first woman doctor. Her pioneering spirit opened the door for women in medicine, inspiring generations that followed.

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