Colin Blackwell, a former St. John's Prep hockey captain who helped the Dallas Stars reach the Western Conference final this ...

This book is a finalist for the Colorado Book Award for History. Awakening New York City, 1860 Seventeen-year-old Mary Corinna Putnam adjusted the tie on the waist apron of her floor-length muddy-gray ...

For much of American history, women were systematically barred from attending medical school. In the mid-19th century, Dr Elizabeth Blackwell broke this barrier, becoming the first woman is the United ...

“We are honored to welcome Nancy Gibbs as our 2025 Commencement speaker and Elizabeth Blackwell Award recipient,” said HWS President Mark D. Gearan. “Her extraordinary career in journalism, public ...

Kate Middleton presented the Queen Elizabeth II Award for British Design to Patrick McDowell today, in recognition of the designer’s commitment to sustainable practices. For the reception at ...

Hobart and William Smith Colleges have announced that renowned journalist, historian, and Harvard professor Nancy Gibbs will deliver the 2025 Commencement address on Sunday, May 18. In recognition of ...

Daniel Hernandez and John Lujan, Jr. accept the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Award on behalf of the Blackwell School Alliance in 2025. From left: Chair of NPCA Board of Trustees Elizabeth Waddill, ...

Inaugural inductees in 1973 included trailblazers such as Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton, Elizabeth Blackwell, Amelia Earhart, Helen Keller, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Harriet Tubman.

Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910) Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman in the United States to receive a Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree. 2 She received her MD from Geneva Medical College in New ...

A glance at the biography of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States, and her Cincinnati connection isn’t obvious, but it is there.

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! On the morning of Aug. 27, 2021, Phebe Brandt’s shift at the Planned Parenthood ...

For much of American history, women were systematically barred from attending medical school. In the mid-19th century, Dr Elizabeth Blackwell broke this barrier, becoming the first woman is the United ...