I'll bet you've met plenty of doctors in your life., And I’ll bet lots of them were women., Girls were only supposed to become wives and mothers. Or maybe teachers, or seamstresses., A tiny wisp of a girl who wanted to explore around every corner and who never walked away from a challenge., This was a girl who had once carried her brother over her head until he backed down from their fight., Back in the 1830s, there were lots of things girls couldn’t be., And I’ll bet lots of them were women., Girls were only supposed to become wives and mothers. Or maybe teachers, or seamstresses., A tiny wisp of a girl who wanted to explore around every corner and who never walked away from a challenge., This was a girl who had once carried her brother over her head until he backed down from their fight., Elizabeth Blackwell, that’s who., And I’ll bet lots of them were women., Girls were only supposed to become wives and mothers. Or maybe teachers, or seamstresses., A tiny wisp of a girl who wanted to explore around every corner and who never walked away from a challenge., This was a girl who had once carried her brother over her head until he backed down from their fight., A girl who tried sleeping on the hard floor with no covers, just to toughen herself up., And I’ll bet lots of them were women., Girls were only supposed to become wives and mothers. Or maybe teachers, or seamstresses., A tiny wisp of a girl who wanted to explore around every corner and who never walked away from a challenge., This was a girl who had once carried her brother over her head until he backed down from their fight.

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