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A Letter to the Most Noble, the Marquis of Lansdowne, President of the Council on the Government Plan of Education


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Excerpt from A Letter to the Most Noble, the Marquis of Lansdowne, President of the Council on the Government Plan of Education: With an Appendix, Containing the Minutes of the Committee of Council on Education, in December 1846; Presented to Both Houses of Parliament, Feb. 6, 1847 Youa Lordship must of course allude to states where the whole machinery of education is under Government direction: and I can infer nothing else than this, that you would, if you could, introduce the same system in England. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
















Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women


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Elizabeth Blackwell, though born in England, was reared in the United States and was the first woman to receive a medical degree here, obtaining it from the Geneva Medical College, Geneva, New York, in 1849. A pioneer in opening the medical profession to women, she founded hospitals and medical schools for women in both the United States and England. She was a lecturer and writer as well as an able physician and organizer. -- H.W. Orr.




Hereditary Genius


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