Elizabeth Blackwell was the first female doctor in the U.S. and England. She lost an eye in an accident, but spent her whole life denying her disability.

Elizabeth Blackwell: The disabled doctor that hated sick people

I’ve known about Elizabeth Blackwell for a long time, but what I did not know was that she suffered a serious eye injury while practicing medicine and became disabled. That injury changed the trajectory of her life, and possibly the trajectory of medicine as she taught the world that women were capable human beings. I…Continue reading Elizabeth Blackwell: The disabled doctor that hated sick people