Elizabeth Blackwell Award

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The Elizabeth Blackwell Award is a prestigious honor in medicine recognizing outstanding contributions by women physicians to the field and to the advancement of women in medicine.

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instanceOf award for women in medicine
medical award
associatedWith history of women in medicine
awardCategory advocacy for women in medicine
professional achievement in medicine
awardType honorary award
country United States of America
surface form: United States
eligibility women physicians
field medicine
frequency periodically awarded
hasGenderFocus women
hasLanguage English
inception 1949
locationOfFoundation Geneva, New York
namedAfter Elizabeth Blackwell
namedAfterDistinction first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States
namedAfterOccupation physician
namedForReason to commemorate Elizabeth Blackwell’s pioneering role as a woman physician
notableRecipient Antonia Novello ONNED1
Bernadine Healy
Frances Oldham Kelsey
Gerty Cori
Helen Brooke Taussig
Joycelyn Elders
Virginia Apgar NERFINISHED
presentedBy Hobart and William Smith Colleges NERFINISHED
purpose to honor contributions to the advancement of women in medicine
to recognize outstanding contributions by women physicians to medicine
selectionCriteria excellence in clinical practice, research, education, or leadership in medicine
significant impact on opportunities for women in medicine

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Virginia Apgar awardReceived Elizabeth Blackwell Award