List and describe the major figures in Elizabeth Blackwell's family
Vocabulary:
venture (1)
ambition (4)
intermittent (8)
reformer (11)
Chapter 2
What changes in Elizabeth's life lead her to study medicine?
Vocabulary:
abolitionist (17)
impatient (19)
indolent (24)
opposition (26)
Chapter 3
Why is Elizabeth forced to go to Paris? What reasons do the American physicians give when they deny her?
Vocabulary:
fatigue (34)
repugnance (38)
confer (40)
attire (45)
Chapter 4Which figures at the university assist Elizabeth's education? Who stands in her way?
Vocabulary:
malicious (55)
orators (58)
immense (63)
drudgery (68)
Chapter 5
Describe the living conditions of patients at the Philadelphia almshouse.
Vocabulary:
vagrants (72)
surly (77)
indignant (82)
subsided (87)
Chapter 6
How is the controversy surrounding Elizabeth's graduation resolved? Who comes to her aid?
Vocabulary:
epidemic (90)
controversy (94)
erratic (99)
notoriety (100)
Chapter 7
How does Elizabeth lose her sight?
Vocabulary:
incessant (110)
confide (113)
vexed (114)
dainty (127)
Chapter 8
What choice does Elizabeth make concerning her loneliness at the age of 31? In your opinion, why?
Vocabulary:
genteel (129)
diagnosis (132)
auspicious (136)
insolent (138)
Chapter 9Describe Elizabeth's feelings when she loses a patient.
Vocabulary:
wryly (146)
secede (149)
inaugurate (155)
competence (156)
Chapter 10
What is the major innovating idea that Ms. Blackwell champions in her later life? Explain.
Vocabulary:
succumb (174)
timid (176)
hostile (180)
imbued (186)
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