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The first woman in America to receive a medical degree, Elizabeth Blackwell championed the participation of women in the medical profession and ultimately opened her own medical college for women.
Born near Bristol, England on February 3, , Blackwell was the third of nine children of Hannah Lane and Samuel Blackwell, a sugar refiner, Quaker, and anti-slavery activist. Blackwell’s famous relatives included brother Henry, a well-known abolitionist and women’s suffrage supporter who married women’s rights activist Lucy Stone; Emily Blackwell, who followed her sister into medicine; and sister-in-law Antoinette Brown Blackwell, the first ordained female minister in a mainstream Protestant denomination.
In , the Blackwell family moved to America, settling in Cincinnati, Ohio. In , Samuel Blackwell died, leaving the family penniless during a national financial crisis. Elizabeth, her mother, and two older sisters worked in the predominantly female profession of teaching.
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Elizabeth Blackwell
British-American physician (–)
For the botanical illustrator, see Elizabeth Blackwell (illustrator). For the English botanist and mycologist, see Elizabeth Marianne Blackwell.
Elizabeth Blackwell | |
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| Born | ()3 February Bristol, England |
| Died | 31 May () (aged&#;89) Hastings, England |
| Nationality | British and American |
| Education | Geneva Medical College |
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Elizabeth Blackwell (3 February &#;&#; 31 May ) was an English-American physician, notable as the first woman to earn a medical grad in the United States, and the first woman on the Medical lista of the General Medical Council for the United Kingdom.[1] 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 medicin. Her contributions remain celebrated with the Elizabeth Blackwell Medal, awarded annually to a woman who has made a significant contributi
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Elizabeth Blackwell was born February 3, in Bristol, England. The third of nine children, Elizabeth was raised by her father, Samuel Blackwell, a sugar refiner, Quaker and anti-slavery activist, and her mother Hannah (Lane) Blackwell. The Blackwell family included many prominent individuals like Elizabeth's brother Henry, an abolitionist who married suffragist Lucy Stone; her sister Emily Blackwell, the third woman to complete an M.D.; and her sister-in-law Antoinette Brown Blackwell who was the first woman ordained in a mainstream Protestant denomination (Methodist).
The Blackwell family moved to Cincinnati, OH in When Samuel Blackwell died in , Elizabeth and her mother and sisters worked as teachers to support themselves.
During her time as a teacher, Elizabeth boarded with the families of two physicians and cared for a dying friend who lamented the lack of female physicians to treat her. In she moved to Philadelphia in the hopes tha