Question

How did many students and teachers at Elizabeth's medical school feel about her being there in the beginning?

Answer 1

Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman to get a medical degree in the United States. At that time, Medicine was not a field for women and the college she applied for had treated her enrollment as a joke. The effect on the class was good; however, there was some awkwardness about her being there at times. Her male classmates thought she should not be exposed to the whole truth of their work, but she insisted on not being excluded from anything.