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Marie Elisabeth Zakrzewska (6 September 1829 – 12 May 1902) was a Polish-American physician who made her name as a pioneering female doctor in the United States. As a Berlin native, she found great interest in medicine after assisting her mother, who worked as a midwife.
9 de mai. de 2024 · Marie Elizabeth Zakrzewska (born September 6, 1829, Berlin, Germany—died May 12, 1902, Jamaica Plain [now in Boston], Massachusetts, U.S.) was a German-born American physician who founded the New England Hospital for Women and Children and contributed greatly to women’s opportunities and acceptance as medical professionals.
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Biography. In 1862, Marie Zakrzewska, M.D., opened doors to women physicians who were excluded from clinical training opportunities at male-run hospitals, by establishing the first hospital in Boston—and the second hospital in America—run by women, the New England Hospital for Women and Children.
Marie Zakrzewska emigrated to New York in March 1853. During her first year in America she found little support for a career in medicine among the male practitioners she met. Encouraged by Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, she enrolled at a traditionally all-male medical school, Cleveland's Western Reserve College, in 1854.
Marie Elisabeth Zakrzewska was born on September 6, 1829, in Berlin. She was the eldest child of Ludwig and Caroline. Marie was an exceptional student, but when she was thirteen, her education ended since her father thought that she just needed the basic skills of education.
Marie E. Zakrzewska is buried in Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston. Marie Elizabeth Zakrzewska was not a nurse but was a physician instrumental in the founding of early training programs for nurses. She was born in 1829 in Berlin where she completed the training for midwives.
Marie Elizabeth Zakrzewska. 1829-1902. German-born American physician who joined Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910) in the battle to reform medical education and to open the medical profession to women.
