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 ...

In 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in U.S ... he ran as a Republican and was elected as the 34th president. UPI File Photo In 1968, the USS Pueblo was seized in the Sea of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bound by the restrictions on sex and class that prevailed in Victorian England, Garrett, the daughter of a London pawnbroker, was inspired to enter medicine after meeting Elizabeth Blackwell ...

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.