Determined, intelligent and creative. These words all have one thing in common, they described the women’s struggle in the medical field. Obstacle after obstacle has been thrown at women throughout history and yet females make up forty-six percent of all physicians in the world today. This means something to me and hopefully the young people in my community. One role model of mine once said: “I can be a leader and still need guidance, be direct and still be kind, be a listener and still have a voice.” Personally, I think this is extremely relevant to the woman trying to prove themselves in the medical field. Struggles are a real problem in the world today, thankfully as the world turns problems get solved. It wasn’t until about one thousand four hundred years later until a woman would earn an M.D. degree. This woman was named Elizabeth Blackwell. As you may …show more content…
Only midwifery and obstetrics were considered ‘feminine’ at the time. Pathology, to my understanding, is diagnosing diseases based on examination of organs, tissues, and bodily fluids. Pathologist now can review blood test of who is pregnant so they can see if her baby is healthy, looks at kidney tissue to see if someone needs a transplant, do an autopsy, diagnosing cancer from surgery. While gynecology is the part of physiology that deals with women and girls especially concerning with the reproductive system. Gynecologist specialize in acute and chronic disease and cancer. Being a woman herself gave her an advantage in gynecology. Her writing makes her different from other doctors of her time because it implies that she was a hands-on learner. Pathology is important because without it people would be dying all around us and with modern day medicine that should not be happening for any reason. Gynecology is just as important as pathology. Undoubtedly, women and children would die. Future generations would be greatly