Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space.

Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821, and (1004) …….to New York City when she was ten years olD. One day she decided that she wanted to become a doctor. That was nearly (1005) …….. for a woman in the middle of the nineteenth century. After writing many letters seeking (1006) ………to medical schools, she was finally accepted by a doctor in Philadelphia.

So she determined was she, that she taught school and gave music lessons to earn money for her (1007) …… In 1849, after (1008) ………. from medical school, she decided to further her education in Paris. She wanted to be a surgeon, but a serious eye infection forced her to (1009) ……..the ideA. (1010) ……….. returning to the United States, she found it difficult to start her own practice because she was a woman. By 1857 Elizabeth and her sister, also a doctor, along with another female doctor, managed to open a new hospital, the first for woman and children. (1011) ……… being the first female physician and (1012) ……….her own hospital, she also (1013) ……….. the first medical school for women.

Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821, and (1004) …….to New York City when she was ten years olD.