Elizabeth Blackwell
American physician, abolitionist, women's rights activist (1821-1910) · United States · Doctors · Died at 89
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Something wrong?Elizabeth Blackwell was an English-American physician, notable as the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States, and the first woman on the Medical Register of the General Medical Council for the United Kingdom.
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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.[14]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/EBlackwell1905.jpg/500px-EBlackwell1905.jpg)
Portrait of Elizabeth Blackwell by Joseph Stanley Kozlowski, 1963. Collection of SUNY Upstate Medical University.[14]
Portrait of Elizabeth Blackwell, c. 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.
Photograph of an older Elizabeth Blackwell with her adopted daughter Kitty and two dogs, 1905Awards
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Elizabeth Blackwell was an English-American physician, notable as the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States, and the first woman on the Medical Register of the General Medical Council for the United Kingdom. Blackwell played an important role in both the United States and the United Kingdom as a social reformer, and was a pioneer in promoting education for women in medicine. Her contributions remain celebrated with the Elizabeth Blackwell Medal, awarded annually to a woman who has made a significant contribution to the promotion of women in medicine.
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