National Women Physician Day 2021: 6 Inspiring Female Trailblazers In Medicine
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Today, more and more women are entering the health sector
On National Women Physicians Day, have a look at six women who made their mark in medicine
Feb. 3 marks National Women Physicians Day, a day to celebrate and honor the many women doctors in the country. It falls on the birthday of the first woman to earn a medical degree in the U.S. Elizabeth Blackwell.
This year marks Blackwell s 200th
birth anniversary and it is just the fourth National Women Physicians Day. As the first woman to earn a medical degree from an American school, Blackwell did face a lot of rejection in her time. According to the University of Wisconsin-Madison (