Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell Dr. Blackwell was undaunted by the negative attitudes toward her and maintained focus on her goal: becoming a doctor. In fact, she was driven by the gender discrimination ...

A glance at the biography of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States, and her Cincinnati connection isn’t obvious, but it is there.

Undeterred, Blackwell founded the New York Infirmary for Indigent Women and Children in 1857, along with her sister Emily ...

Elizabeth Blackwell: Trailblazer for Women in Medicine Posted: December 21, 2024 | Last updated: March 6, 2025 The first woman to graduate from a U.S. medical college, Elizabeth Blackwell broke ...

Dr. Blackwell returned to London a number of times during the 1860s and 1870s and helped establish a medical school for women, the London School of Medicine for Women, in 1874-5.

‘None of us knows what we are capable of until we are tested,” once said Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, as she reflected on her long career. To be the first in a male-dominated field in a time when ...

Good morning, it’s Wednesday, January 23, 2019. On this date in 1849, a 27-year-old immigrant got the job done. A native of Bristol, England, this migrant had come to America at age 11 – part ...

Elizabeth Blackwell (left) in 1847 became the first woman admitted to a modern medical school. By 1949, all-woman teams performed surgery (right). Alamy; Getty Images Elizabeth Blackwell had an ...

Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman in America to earn her medical degree. Her sister Emily followed in her footsteps. Janice Nimura tells the story of the "complicated, prickly" trailblazers.

POCATELLO — Established on Feb. 3, the National Women’s Physician Day commemorates the birth of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, who became the first female physician in the United States in 1849.