Who says women can't be doctors

Effect: Elizabeth slept on the hard floor.

• cause: She was tired.

• cause: She wanted to toughen up.

• cause: Her bed broke.

Effect: When Elizabeth was little, she hid in the closet.

• cause: She hated anyone looking after her.

• cause: She was scared.

• cause: She was playing hide and seek.

Cause:

Mary Donaldson preferred being examined by a woman.

• Effect: She stop going to the doctor.

• Effect: She urged Elizabeth to become a doctor.

• Effect: She became a doctor.

Cause: Elizabeth needed money to apply for medical school.

• effect: She became a teacher.

• effect: She became a seamstress.

• effect: She became a doctor.

Cause: Elizabeth did not give up.

• effect: Elizabeth became a teacher.

• effect: Elizabeth did not become a doctor.

• effect: Elizabeth finally, got accepted to medical school.

Effect: Elizabeth often studied past midnight.

• cause: She was not sleepy.

• cause: She wanted to prove she was as smart as any boy.

• cause: She had a lot of homework and couldn't finish it.

Cause: Elizabeth was very determined and studied very hard.

• effect: She became the first teacher in America.

• effect: She did not finish medical school.

• effect: She became the first woman doctor in America.