Elizabeth Blackwell
Elizabeth Blackwell (3 February 1821 – 31 May 1910) was a British physician. She was the first female doctor in the United States and Europe.
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| Born | 3 February 1821 Bristol, England |
| Died | 31 May 1910 (aged 89) Hastings, England |
| Nationality | British and American |
| Education | Geneva Medical College |
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She was born in Bristol, England, on 3 February 1821. When she was young, her family moved to America. At first, she was a teacher. She became a doctor in 1849. She founded her own hospital in New York. In 1874 she started a medical school for women in London with Sophie Jex-Blake and promoted women's rights.
She never married and opposed slavery.
In 2013 the University of Bristol launched the Elizabeth Blackwell Institute for Health Research.
Elizabeth Blackwell lost sight in one eye in 1851. Blackwell wrote many books including Medicine as a Profession for Women and Address on the Medical Education for women.
Elizabeth Blackwell Media
Plaque at Blackwell's family home in Bristol, England. 2010.
A plaque commemorating Blackwell's medical studies in Asheville, North Carolina
Portrait of Elizabeth Blackwell by Joseph Stanley Kozlowski, 1963. Collection of SUNY Upstate Medical University.
Portrait of Elizabeth Blackwell, ca. 1850–1860.
The Woman's Medical College of the New York Infirmary. [Announcement, 1868–69].
Blackwell was commemorated on a U.S. postage stamp in 1974, designed by Joseph Stanley Kozlowski. Syracuse University Medical School collection.
- Elizabeth Blackwell, 1905.jpg
Elizabeth Blackwell, 1905*Courtesy of Blackwell Family Papers, Schlesinger Library Photograph of an older Elizabeth Blackwell with her adopted daughter Kitty and two dogs, 1905.
Blackwell's headstone at St Munn's Parish Church, Kilmun, Scotland
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Other websites
- An online history at the National Institutes of Health, including copies of historical documents
- An online biography Archived 2008-05-16 at the Wayback Machine of Elizabeth Blackwell, with links to more articles on Blackwell and others in her famous family, plus links to many resources on the Internet
- Biography from the National Institutes of Health