To tell the Blackwells’ stories, Nimura pored over their personal diaries and letters as well as archives of historical materials. The book includes photographs, diagrams, and documents that bring the ...

In 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in the United States to earn a medical degree. Five years later, her younger sister Emily became the third woman to do so. Their story is told in ...

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 to ...

In 1847, a school teacher named Elizabeth Blackwell decided to follow up on her interest in medicine and pursue a career as a physician. She applied to many of the east coast medical schools, but was ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Janice Nimura about her new book, The Doctors Blackwell, which tells the story of two of the first women medical doctors, sisters Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell. These ...

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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.

Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman to earn her medical degree in the United States . Her sister Emily soon after followed in her footsteps. Janice Nimura tells the story of the "complicated, ...

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. You can find an ...