Elizabeth Blackwell Quiz

How much do you know about the inspirational Elizabeth Blackwell? She is often unappreciated and overshadowed by others in history. But she changed the way women were looked at forever.

So how much do you really know about her? Test your knowledge about exciting and unique character in history. Whatever you do, don't look at this as a joke the way all the skeptics looked at her dream. Take this seriously.

What is your age?
Under 18 Years Old
18 to 24 Years Old
25 to 30 Years Old
31 to 40 Years Old
41 to 50 Years Old
51 to 60 Years Old
Over 60 Years Old
What is your gender?
Male
Female
1. Where was Elizabeth Blackwell Born?
England
America
Belgium
Poland
2. What year was she born?
1981
1787
1821
1942
3. Who gave her the idea to become a female physician?
Her father
A dying friend
Her mother
Her teacher
4. Why did that person advise her to pursue a medical degree?
Because he/she would have been more comfortable with a female physician
Because he/she thought that females would make better doctors
Because he/she didn't think she would take the idea seriously
Because he/she wanted Elizabeth to earn lots of money
5. What obstacles did she face?
Lack of money
Her professor hated her
Lack of preparation
Both 1st and 3rd option
6. In which subjects was she lacking preparation?
science and classical languages
science and math
classical languages and math
science, classical languages, and math
7. What did she do to earn money?
worked at a restauraunt
worked in a hospital as an assistant
went to teaching
became a maid
8. How did she gain experience?
volunteered at the local hospital
took care of her sick mother
became an apprentice
arranged to live in a physician's house
9. What did Elizabeth accomplish?
Did reasearch on genetics
She made more career opportunities available to women
She found the cure to pneumonia
She earned tons of money and gave it to starving kids in Africa
10. Which college did she attend?
New York School of Medicine
Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia
Medical College of South Carolina
Geneva Medical College

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