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. This day ...
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Two bronze sculptures depicting distinguished alumnae were unveiled outside Upstate Medical University today. They're the creations of sculptor Carolyn Palmer, and the result of a ...
The world recoiled at the notion of a female doctor, yet Elizabeth Blackwell persisted — in 1849, she became the first woman in America to receive an M.D. Her achievement made her an icon — “I am ...
Historian Nimura (Daughters of the Samurai) probes the lives of the pioneering Blackwell sisters, Elizabeth (1821–1910) and Emily (1826–1910), in a captivating biography. The author charts the ...
Elizabeth Blackwell believed from an early age that she was destined for a mission beyond the scope of "ordinary" womanhood. Though the world at first recoiled at the notion of a woman studying ...
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