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Cavalcade of America

Season 3Episode 13Aired 1955-01-25
Petticoat Doctor

Petticoat Doctor

A biographical account of the career of Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman doctor to practice in America, who, with the assistance of her younger sister, managed the New York Infirmary for Women and Children. Dr.Elizabeth Blackwell is befriended by New York newspaperman Horace Greeley in her struggle to obtain recognition and respect for professional women.