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Aug 2019
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SYMHC Classics: Elizabeth Blackwell, Ame...

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Today we revisit a 2014 episode. Dr. Blackwell had no interest in medicine as a child. But she paved the way for women who came after her and changed the face of medicine in the U.S.

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