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94 ELIZABETH BLACKWELL.
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To The Editors Of The English Woman's Jo...
rather propriet than y of my in decision England to ; for commence I believe my it career is here as a that physician woman in will this country be first idea recognised of the as coming the equal change hal is f of so humanity much Hebrew . To the sex French has so and letel Germans warped the
; compy tion comprehended their with minds regard that there to they women is seem a . deep to In have -rooted England lost antagonism , the where power the to of idea formi its can practical ng be a intellectuall large admission concep y -
which it may , take generations to modify ; and though I glory in the reformrespect spirit of for our labour native land and , the in the wise steady practical growth measures of her political that are institution occupying s , the the
and that minds , the as of far central the as I best can reform , judge classes has , I in not should the yet country found say that in , I Eng the cannot land time a close for single woman my earnest eyes to be to advocate acknow the fact - ; _, is still in
ledged as the free fellow-worker and necessary complement of man the one the best invisible whose thinkers practical future in . elucidation the In c America ountry cannot are this prepared be subject much to has longer ive alread it delayed their y been earnest ; recognised and attention many as of
and work sympath in . . . y . . But I cannot how much , therefore I shall , doubt envy that you this g your is the lovely right Eng place lish for spring me to ! Take an extra whiff of the violets for me , and give my love to the daisies . " *
Dr . Elizabeth now established herself in _New York as a physician for women and children , to which classes of patients her practice
has always been exclusively confined . Her success in the field of labour she has chosen , though now assured , "was exceedingly
gradual . Standing aloof from all parties , and incapable of resorting to the system of puffing and self-vaunting so much in vogue among
our transatlantic cousins , she could only trust to the inherent worth of her attempt , and the aid of time in making such worth
evident to those around her , to create for her that sphere of practice which opens so slowly to all young physicians , and which
- was inevitably still slower to open in the case of so novel a practitioner . Minor annoyances , too , were not wanting . Certain
physicians , affecting to ignore her medical claims , refused to meet her in consultation : the race of landladies—notwithstanding the
exorbitant rents she paid for her rooms—appeared to regard a lady-doctor as something mysteriously dreadful , and caused her
serious inconvenience by sending away patients , and neglecting to deliver messages . The other members of her family in the United
States were in a distant part of the country , and the comparative isolation of her life , during the first few years of her residence in
New-York , was painfully oppressive to her . But her quiet perseverance , as usual , gradually surmounted these unfavourable conditions . One
or two physicians of the highest standing in the city , beginning to appreciate her skill , declared their readiness to meet her in
consultation , and no farther hesitation was manifested on that score . The purchase of a house secured to her the advantage of a permanent
horne ; and the other members of her family having established themselves in New York , she was once more surrounded by the
violet * The has daisy no scent is unkno . —A . wn B . in America except as a cultivated exotic , and the American
94 Elizabeth Blackwell.
94 ELIZABETH BLACKWELL .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1858, page 94, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041858/page/22/
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