Elizabeth Blackwell

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Elizabeth Blackwell was a pioneering physician who became the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States and a leading advocate for women in medicine.

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instanceOf British-American person
abolitionist
physician
pioneer of women in medicine
social reformer
causeOfDeath stroke
citizenship United Kingdom
United States of America
coFoundedWith Emily Blackwell NERFINISHED
Marie Zakrzewska NERFINISHED
countryOfBirth United Kingdom NERFINISHED
countryOfDeath United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1821-02-03
dateOfDeath 1910-05-31
degree Doctor of Medicine
educatedAt Geneva Medical College NERFINISHED
familyName Blackwell NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork medical education
medicine
public health
founded New York Infirmary for Indigent Women and Children NERFINISHED
Woman's Medical College of the New York Infirmary NERFINISHED
fullName Elizabeth Blackwell NERFINISHED
gender female
givenName Elizabeth NERFINISHED
graduationYear 1849
hasWikipediaPage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Blackwell
honoredIn National Women's Hall of Fame NERFINISHED
knownFor advocacy for women in medicine
first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States
founding medical institutions for women and children
languageOfWorkOrName English
medicalDegreeFrom Geneva Medical College NERFINISHED
movement abolitionism
women's rights movement
notableWork Counsel to Parents on the Moral Education of Their Children NERFINISHED
Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women NERFINISHED
occupation educator
physician
writer
parent Hannah Lane Blackwell NERFINISHED
Samuel Blackwell NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Bristol, England NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Hastings, England NERFINISHED
positionHeld professor of gynecology at the London School of Medicine for Women
religion Quaker background
residence Hastings NERFINISHED
London, England
surface form: London

New York City
sibling Emily Blackwell NERFINISHED
Henry B. Blackwell NERFINISHED

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Henry Browne Blackwell sibling Elizabeth Blackwell
Elizabeth Blackwell Award namedAfter Elizabeth Blackwell