Elizabeth Blackwell’s name is synonymous with breaking barriers and paving the way for women in the field of medicine. As the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States, her ...

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.

Google is celebrating Elizabeth Blackwell’s 197th birthday on Feb. 3 with a Google Doodle tribute. The Google Doodle shows Blackwell, a pioneer of medical and feminist history, at a desk covered ...

In 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in the U.S. to earn a medical degree. Her sister Emily was the third woman to do so. Their story is told in riveting detail by Janice P. Nimura ...

Instead, she turned up on campus and studied *hard* Two years later on January 23, 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell was awarded her Doctor of Medicine -- the first woman to get an M-D in the U-S.

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 she received.

In 1847, a school teacher named Elizabeth Blackwell decided to follow up on her interest in medicine and pursue a career as a physician. She applied to many of the east coast medical schools, but was ...