![]() The Doctors Blackwell is an easy read about the Blackwell sisters’ lives and journeys. The journey of Elizabeth’s younger sister Emily Blackwell, who became the third woman in the United States to obtain an MD degree (in 1854), is also covered, since Emily’s career choice was largely due to Elizabeth’s influence and her life closely bound with Elizabeth’s. ![]() 3 Given the steady growth in female physicians in the United States since the 1970s and the more readily visible presence of women in medical education and the physician workforce today, it was with interest that I read The Doctors Blackwell, a biography of Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to receive an MD degree in the United States - in 1849. medical schools in 2020–2021 (48,530 women out of 94,243 total students) and 50% of graduates of U.S. 2 The numbers for medical students and graduates fare better, with women accounting for 51% of students in U.S. ![]() Today, women account for 36% of all licensed physicians in the United States (369,139 women out of a total physician workforce of 1,018,776). ![]()
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