Background and Education. Physician and educator Elizabeth Blackwell was born on February 3, 1821, in Bristol, England. Brought up in a liberal household that stressed education, Blackwell eventually broke into the field of medicine to become the first woman to graduate from medical school in the United States.
â¢ ASSAY (noun) The noun ASSAY has 4 senses: 1. an appraisal of the state of affairs. 2. a substance that is undergoing an analysis of its components. 3. a written report of the results of an analysis of the composition of some substance.
Assay ton (abbreviation 'AT') is not a unit of measurement, but a standard quantity used in assaying ores of precious metals; it is 291â6 grams (short assay ton) or 322â3 grams (long assay ton), the amount which bears the same ratio to a milligram as a short or long ton bears to a troy ounce.