Elizabeth Blackwell
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Elizabeth Blackwell was an English-American physician, notable as the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States, and the first woman on the Medical Register of the General Medical Coun
Elizabeth Blackwell
Plaque at Blackwell's family home in Bristol, England, 2010
A plaque commemorating Blackwell's medical studies in Asheville, North Carolina
Portrait of Elizabeth Blackwell by Joseph Stanley Kozlowski, 1963. Collection of SUNY Upstate Medical University.
Geneva Medical College
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Geneva Medical College was founded on September 15, 1834, in Geneva, New York, as a separate department of Geneva College, currently known as Hobart and William Smith Colleges. In 1871, the medical sc
Elizabeth Blackwell
…began to endure the prejudice against her sex that would persist throughout her career. She was rejected from each medical school she applied to, except Geneva Medical College in New York, in which the male students voted in favor of Blackwell's acceptance, albeit as a joke. Thus, in 1847, Blackwell became the first woman to…
Geneva Medical College – 1910 Commemoration Sketch
Geneva Medical Institution – Advertisement for the fall semester on August 14, 1835
Elizabeth Blackwell – Female Physician – March 9, 1849
Syracuse University – Weiskotten Hall, College of Medicine