_Learns that Dr. Blackwell is working for the same purpose that brought her (Marie) to America, that is, to establish a Hospital for Women; and that she (Dr. Blackwell) has already progressed as far as opening a dispensary (the New York Infirmary for Indigent Women and Children)--Dr. Blackwell invites Marie to assist her in the dispensary, gives her lessons in English, and urges her to acquire the degree of M.D.--Elizabeth Blackwell first English-speaking woman to receive such degree--Italian, German and French women her only predecessors in this respect--Since beginning of the race, women have instinctively practiced obstetrics and general medicine but their education has been opposed--Marie’s business goes out of fashion--She substitutes a new one which pays very poorly and is complicated by frequent suggestions for irregular sex life with employers--Refusal leads to loss of work--She is compelled to draw on her savings--In the autumn with a balance of fifty dollars, she sets out for Cleveland to enter the Medical Department of the Western Reserve College. (Twenty-five years of age: 1854.)_ On the morning of the 15th of May, 1854--the anniversary of the death of Dr. Schmidt, the day of my greatest joy and my greatest misery--we received a call from Miss Goodrich who told us that she had seen Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, and that she thought she had also procured a suitable place for my sister. She gave us the addresses of Dr. Blackwell and of Miss Catherine Sedgwick. We called first upon the latter, who was extremely kind, and although she had quite misunderstood our wishes--having exerted herself to procure a place for my sister in a way that manifested the belief that we had neither a home nor the means to live--yet her friendliness and readiness to assist us made us forever grateful to her. At that time we did not know her standing in society and looked upon her merely as a benevolent and wealthy woman. We soon learned more of her, however, for though unsuccessful in her first efforts, she shortly after sent for my sister, having secured for her a place in Mr. Theodore Sedgwick’s family, which was acceptable inasmuch as it placed her above the level of the servants. She remained there for seven weeks and then returned home.