{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Daily History Chronicle","title":"January 23, 1849: The Doctor They Admitted as a Joke ","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/fe89dbb7\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1007,"description":"On January 23, 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in America to receive a medical degree. She had been rejected by twenty-nine schools. The one that accepted her did so as a joke the students voted yes because they thought it was a prank. She graduated first in her class, lost an eye to her profession, and opened doors that would never close again.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/0EKnxtCOkZfs00wl7F9EnKnR8pfED_Og9Hl-lMCQZ9M/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85NjRm/ZWUxMDY0OGVkYzc1/Yzg4MjU5YTc3OTFm/NjczYy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}