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Dr Barnardo died after he had a heart attack
he inherited his surname from his Serphardic Jewish fathers family but converted to Christianity in 1862
In 1870, Barnardo opened his first home for boys. As well as putting a roof over their heads, the home trained the boys in carpentry, metalwork and shoemaking, and found apprenticeships for them.
Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell is remembered as the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States. She did so in 1849. She is also noted for having set up two clinics for poor women in New York, one in 1853 and the other in 1857.