Many of the women who have left a good impression on the world have done so while faced with adversity. In 1849 Elizabeth Blackwell took a giant step for women by becoming the first women to earn a medical degree in the United States ("Elizabeth Blackwell" 1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki). She did so by braving the opposition of professors and other students in her medical school (1). Despite restrictions and limitations placed on women, they have obtained greatness and success in the medical field.

During the Middle Ages, women, who were thought of as a "piece of property" (Beumer 1 http://info-center.ccit.arizona.edu), were able to overcome stereotypes to make medical advances. For example Trotula Plataerius was the leading Italian physician in ... Showed first 120 words of 653 Size (words) ...

... Continuing with another 115 out of 653 Size (words) ...the obstacles they face have changed drastically. The challenges that today's women face deal more with trying to bring safer means of health care to third world countries. Dr. Catherine Hamlin is a prime example of a woman who has brought medical advances to third world countries. She has devoted 44 years of her life to treating poor, rural women of Ethiopia who have suffered from fistulas, a devastating childbirth injury (Ford 1 http://www.vcu.edu/uns). In countries such as Ethiopa, women will travel more than two days on foot to receive a surgery that will bring them out of a life of shame and isolation (1). The fact that ...Essay still continues 100 more words...