![Physician Elizabeth Blackwell](https://www.onthisday.com/images/people/elizabeth-blackwell.jpg?w=360)
Profession: Physician
Nationality: ![England](https://www.onthisday.com/images/flags/england.svg)
English
Biography: First woman to receive a medical degree in the United States as well as the first woman on the UK Medical Register.
Born: February 3, 1821
Birthplace: Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Star Sign: Aquarius
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- 1849-01-23 Elizabeth Blackwell becomes 1st woman in the US to earn a medical degree graduating from New York's Geneva Medical College