Elizabeth Blackwell

The fight for women's rights is a fight for human rights.

Let us build a future where gender is no barrier to achievement.

The true strength of a society lies in its compassion and empathy.

I have lived a life of purpose, and I have no regrets.

The medical profession must be a force for good in the world.

My journey has been one of struggle and triumph, but above all, it has been one of hope.

If society will not admit of a woman's free development, then society must be remodelled.

The idea of winning a medical degree gradually assumed the aspect of a great moral struggle, and the moral fight I entered into, though I was not aware of it, has been going on ever since.

I must have a profession, and I must have a purpose, and I must have a life that is not dependent on the whims of others.

I do not wish to give the impression that I have been a martyr. I have simply been a woman who has tried to do her duty.

The great struggle of life is to find out what you are meant to do, and then to do it.

It is not a question of whether women can do it, but whether society will let them.

I have met with much opposition, but I have also met with much kindness.

The more I see of the world, the more I am convinced that women have a great work to do.

I have no doubt that women will eventually take their rightful place in all professions.

It is a mistake to suppose that women are not capable of sustained intellectual effort.

The world is wide enough for all of us, and there is work enough for all of us.

I have always believed that the truth will prevail.

The greatest obstacle to progress is not ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge.

I have learned that courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.