Adulthood:

After her father's death, Elizabeth traveled the U.S. as a teacher to make money. Along the way,  she met a woman who was dying of uterine cancer who said that the treatment would be better with a woman doctor. That was all it took to inspire Elizabeth to help become a women doctor. She saved up enough money for a tuition at a medical school, and then searched around for a university that would admit her. Sadly, all results returned negative, mainly because she was a woman. Luckliy, she recieved a conditional offer from Geneva Medical College in New York. The deal was that her admission would be put to a vote and if a single one of the classmates voted "no" she would not be admitted. Thinking it was a joke,  all classmates voted yes and she was admitted. Many people of the town doubted her and even thought she was insane! Elizabeth was determined to prove her worth and wrote letters to the professor to let her do the same project as boys. Her persistence and determination payed off as of January 23, 1849, she became the first woman to ever earn a medical degree. Sadly, even after that, many people still doubted and critizied Elizabeth. However, her M.D. inspired many other people to try out including her younger sister Emily. Emily wanted to follow her sister's footsteps, and persisted to get into a medical college even after being rejected from 11 others. From that college, she was forced to leave a year later because her classmates complained that she was female, but she stayed determined and studied privately. Finally, she was accepted into Western Reserve University's Medical School and earned her degree in 1854. The two sisters met up in New York with a German Doctor named Marie Zakrzewska to create the New York Infirmary for Indigent Women and Children. The hospital took place in a 16 room house and had a fully female staff. By 1876, it had expanded to include another giant building and room for 7500 in and out patients. Sadly, Elizabeth moved to London, while Emily stayed in New York where she met her love, Dr. Elizabeth Cushier. However, when other medical schools started accepting girls,  they closed down the infirmary. In their retirement, they traveled together for 18 months. Sadly, Emily died in Maine in 1910 a few months after sister. However, today, their legacy lives on in all female doctors everywhere.