What women was turned down by 29 medical schools before being accepted as a student graduated head of her class and became the first licensed women doctor in the US?

Elizabeth Blackwell was turned down by 29 medical schools before being accepted at Geneva Medical College in New York. She graduated at the top of her class in 1849, becoming the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States. Her groundbreaking achievement paved the way for women in medicine and she later founded the Women's Medical College of the New York Infirmary. Blackwell's persistence and success significantly advanced the role of women in the medical profession.