ELIZABETH BLACKWELL DAY: Janice P. Nimura signs copies of her book The Doctors Blackwell following her Elizabeth Blackwell Day presentation Feb. 7 in Weiskotten Hall. This year, Elizabeth Blackwell Day marks the 175th anniversary of Blackwell earning her medical degree, from what is now Upstate Medical University, and ushers in the era of coed medical education. Blackwell was the first women to earn a medical degree in America. Of Blackwell, Nimura said, “She really believed that by proving to the public what a woman could do, she would help to change the way women felt about themselves and thereby unleash the potential of women and raise humanity to a new level.”
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