Elizabeth Blackwell (left) in 1847 became the first woman admitted to a modern medical school. By 1949, all-woman teams performed surgery (right). Alamy; Getty Images Elizabeth Blackwell had an ...

In 1885, Elizabeth Blackwell was 64 years old. The woman in the photo is likely one of her nieces. Heroines—far more than heroes—are often supposed to look and feel a certain way: pert and ...

At a time when awarding medical degrees to women seemed laughable at best and immoral at worst, Elizabeth Blackwell persisted in making a life in medicine. Her sister Emily followed in her footsteps.

On a dreary Monday morning in the fall of 1847, 26-year-old Elizabeth Blackwell showed up for class at Geneva Medical College in upstate New York, en route to becoming the first woman in America ...

Trailblazer: Elizabeth Blackwell lived in Rock House for thirty years Alamy Stock Photo French windows lead ... to Blackwell's era Upstairs are three large bedrooms and a spacious bathroom with ...

Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman in America to earn a medical degree, graduating from New York’s Geneva Medical College in 1849. Blackwell was also a trailblazer for women, promoting the ...

Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman in America to earn her medical degree. Her sister Emily followed in her footsteps. Janice Nimura tells the story of the "complicated, prickly" trailblazers.

From childbirth to diseases to athletics, real knowledge of human bodies was taboo. But the family of British-born Elizabeth Blackwell had pretty much devoted itself to breaking taboos. Immigrating to ...