Whether Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to receive an MD, ever visited Vermont is uncertain; she most definitely never lived here. Ironically, Vermont’s role in Elizabeth’s career is something that didn’t happen: in 1847, she didn’t enroll at Castleton Medical School…
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It may have been because I was expecting (hoping?) to feel something when I entered the basement of the Old Chapel on Seminary Street on the campus of Castleton State College — my stomach flipped. A strange sensation of, not fear, but what? Unease. A slight pressure inside.
While it may not be its original cellar hole — the building had been moved from its original site on Main Street and, as such, is hardly a representation of its former self — the air, it felt, well … just different.
Apparently I’m not the only person who has felt something unusual.
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