Reading Questions: Elizabeth Blackwell
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Elizabeth states, \"Miracles are something you make happen!\" Draw a conclusion on what she expects for herself.
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She expects herself to make her own destiny
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What does Dean Richards and Herbert compare with being a woman?
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An incurable disease
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Why was Elizabeth able to attend medical school at Geneva Medical College?
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The student council voted and thought it would be a great idea
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Which character was Anthony, the recent immigrant who led the mob, LEAST like in the story, John, Phillip, Raymond, or Herbert? Why?
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John because he wants Elizabeth to be a doctor and Anthony didn't
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What conclusion do we realize about Elizabeth in Sean's speech?
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She is caring and unselfish
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What does Elizabeth believe is her most important role in life, concerning woman's rights?
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Concur prejudice and help women become doctors
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What did Elizabeth do before she decided to go to medical school?
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She taught music to children who are tone deaf and tried to pound an education into students who don't care
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What did Dean Snyder mean when he told James, \"She can hardly expect us to give her a stick with which to break our own heads,\"?
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It would be a bad decision because they would lose their jobs and it would ruin the school's reputation
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Why was Elizabeth's sister Anna important to the plot?
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She helped her follow a different dream of practical medicine
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Determination is an important theme in this selection. How does this theme depend on the setting?
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The setting is important to the theme because back then women didn't have as many rights like becoming a doctor or going to medical school
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Absurd
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Plainly not true or sensible
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Behalf
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Side, interest, or favor
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Candidate
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Person who seeks, or is suggested by others for some office, honor, or acceptance
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Dean
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Head of a division or school in a college or university
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Delirious
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Widely excited
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Diploma
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A written or printed paper given by a school, college, or university, which states that someone has completed a certain course of study or has graduated after a certain amount of work
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Hovers
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To stay in or near one place, wait near by
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Obedient
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Doing what you are told, willing to obey
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Reject
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To refuse or take, turn down
