What is desertification? Desertification is the process by which environments beomce more like desert. Over a period of years, the amount of natural begetation decreases and the soil is exposed to the hot sun. when it rains, the rainwater runs over the surface of the soil, rather than soaking down into it, and the soil can be wahshed away.
Since 1949, the American Medical Women's Association has awarded the Elizabeth Blackwell Medal annually to a woman physician. Hobart and William Smith Colleges awards an annual Elizabeth Blackwell Award to women who have demonstrated outstanding service to humankind. The artwork The Dinner Party features a place setting for Elizabeth Blackwell. Elizabeth Blackwell (3 February 1821 â 31 May 1910) was a British-born physician, notable as the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States, as well as the first woman on the UK Medical Register.
1849: Elizabeth Blackwell, born in England, became the first woman to earn a medical degree from an American college, Geneva Medical College in New York. 1850: Lucy Sessions earned a literary degree from Oberlin College, becoming the first black woman in the United States to receive a college degree.