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Elizabeth Blackwell was born in Bristol on 3rd February, 1821.

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Daughter of Samuel and Hannah Blackwell, Elizabeth had a liberal upbringing. Her family strongly supported the abolition of slavery and they encouraged enfranchising women. She is the author of ‘The Laws of Life with Special Reference to the Physical Education of Girls’, a book that talks about the mental and physical development of young girls and how young women can prepare for motherhood.

She championed the cause of abolishing the Contagious Diseases Acts and wrote against it at length in her essay ‘Counsel to Parents on the Moral Education of their Children’.

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Elizabeth Blackwell wanted to study medical science but she was denied admission almost everywhere she applied for. Back in the nineteenth century, women were not deemed suitable for the medical profession. In those days, women who used to work with pregnan