Elizabeth Blackwell vs Empress Dowager Cixi
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Compare the life timelines of Elizabeth Blackwell (1821–1910) and Empress Dowager Cixi (1835–1908) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 73 years, from 1835 to 1908.
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Elizabeth Blackwell (1821–1910)
- — Born in Bristol, England Verified
- — Emigrated with her family to the United States Verified
- — Admitted to Geneva Medical College in New York Verified
- — Became the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States Verified
- — Co-founded the New York Infirmary for Indigent Women and Children Verified
- — Became the first woman entered on the British Medical Register Verified
- — Opened the Women's Medical College of the New York Infirmary Verified
- — Returned permanently to England Verified
- — Appointed professor of gynecology at the London School of Medicine for Women Verified
- — Died in Hastings, England Verified
Empress Dowager Cixi (1835–1908)
- — Born into the Manchu Yehe Nara clan Verified
- — Selected as a concubine of the Xianfeng Emperor Verified
- — Gave birth to Zaichun, the future Tongzhi Emperor Verified
- — Seized power in the Xinyou Coup Verified
- — Installed her nephew as the Guangxu Emperor and resumed the regency Verified
- — Crushed the Hundred Days' Reform and confined the Guangxu Emperor Verified
- — Backed the Boxers and fled Beijing during the Eight-Nation Alliance invasion Verified
- — Endorsed the late-Qing New Policies reforms Verified
- — Died in the Forbidden City, Beijing Verified