Elizabeth Blackwell
Title
Elizabeth Blackwell
Subject
Medicine
Description
First woman to graduate from medical school in the US
Creator
Amy French
Source
Image: Wiki Commons
Birth Date
1821
Birthplace
Bristol, United Kingdom
Death Date
1910
Occupation
Physician
Biographical Text
Blackwell was the leading health activist of her generation and the first woman to graduate from medical school in the US. In the 1853, she opened a clinic that was known as the New York Dispensary for Poor Women and Children. In the late 1860s, she opened a medical school for women. She had private practices in New York City and in London.
Bibliography
Biographical Information: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_36.html
Letters, 1850-1884: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/archival/collections/ldpd_4079307/
Elizabeth Blackwell Collection on New York Heritage Digital Archive: http://nyheritage.nnyln.net/cdm/search/collection/sunyup01/searchterm/elizabeth%20blackwell/field/relatig/mode/exact/conn/and/order/title/ad/asc
Writings: http://biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/706#/titles
- Date Added
- June 9, 2014
- Collection
- Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics
- Item Type
- Person
- Tags
- female doctor, medicine, physician, science
- Citation
- Amy French, “Elizabeth Blackwell,” Women Who Dared, accessed March 18, 2024, https://womenwhodared.omeka.net/items/show/19.