First Woman Doctor in The World

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In early days no medical college took a woman student. Elizabeth Blackwell, was determined to become a doctor. The young American wrote again and again to a munber of medical colleges, asking if she could be admitted, but each time the answer was No.
    Then one day, to her surprise, she got a letter from the president of a college in Geneva, which said Yes.
    At first Geneva College, like other colleges, was not willing to accept Liza. But later the important people of that college learned that Liza's application had the support of a famous doctor, and they were afraid to offend that.
    So the president decided to play a trick by turning the matter over to the students general meeeting of the college, thinking that the students would be the last to agree to take Liza.
    When the student body met, most students took no interest in the matter. Of the rest, some considered the young American's idea interesting and some thought by having Liza they would be proud of their college training the world's first woman doctor. Very soon the students all agreed to accept Liza.
    The president of Genera College was of couuse very sorry to learn this. Seeing that he could do nothing to Elizabeth, he gave in.