In the mid-1730s, Elizabeth Blackwell ... By contrast, Blackwell’s specimens were observed from life in London’s Chelsea Physic Garden and rendered in large, detailed, hand-colored engravings.

Elizabeth Ann Blackwell, 88, of Kihei, passed away on February 9, 2013 at her residence. She was born on March 21, 1924 in Putnam, Connecticut. Visitation will be held from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. on ...

This is Elizabeth ... writ large. Then, in 1874, she started the London School of Medicine for Women, and in 1876, she officially won the right for women to pursue medical degrees. Blackwell ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Most Bristolians will probably never have heard of Elizabeth Blackwell. But this remarkable woman, born in Bristol in 1821, has played an incredible role in the history of modern medicine.