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major. She changed her major to premedicine before graduating in 1924 when she learned a father was unable to support his family because of a bad knee. Jackson was then motivated to learn how to prevent instances like that in the future.
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could not be fulfilled because general surgery internships were not available for women. In 1928, she found a rotating internship at the
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