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Elizabeth Blackwell: It is not...

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It is not easy to be a pioneer -- but oh, it is fascinating! I would not trade one moment, even the worst moment, for all the riches in the world.

Source: Letter, 1848, in The History of Woman Suffrage, by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 1881.
-- Elizabeth Blackwell, (Feb 3 1821-1910), US physician, author; She was the first woman to receive an MD in modern times, 1849; founded London School of Medicine for Women, 1875.


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