Elizabeth Blackwell

Elizabeth Blackwell (February 3, 1821 – May 31, 1910) was the first woman to practice medicine in the United States. She was born in McDonalds, London, the daughter of a sugar refiner who could afford to give his numerous daughters, as well as his sons, an education. In 1831, the family emigrated to the United States, and set up a refinery in New York City. After the death of her father, she took up a career in teaching. Desiring to apply herself to the practice of medicine, she took up residence in a physician's household, using her time there to study from the family's medical library. She became active in the anti-slavery movement (as did her brother Henry Brown Blackwell, who married Lucy Stone), in the course of which she made friends with Harriet Beecher Stowe. Another brother, Samuel C. Blackwell, married another important figure in women's rights, Antoinette Brown.

References and external links

• An online history at the National Institutes of Health, including copies of historical documents
• An online biography of Elizabeth Blackwell, with links to more articles on Blackwell and others in her famous family, plus links to many resources on the Net
• Biography from the National Institute of Health

http://academic.hws.edu/library/archives/eb/blackwell.htmlPrimary Documents on Elizabeth Blackwell from the Hobart and William Smith Colleges Archives.

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http://academic.hws.edu/library/archives/pdfs/EBResources.pdf Elizabeth Blackwell Resources Available in Hobart ans William Smith Colleges Archives.

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http://academic.hws.edu/library/archives/pdfs/chronBib.pdf Chronological Bibliography of Selected Scholarly Works

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By Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell.

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