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Elizabeth Blackwell

Elizabeth Blackwell, first woman medical doctor and pioneer in educating women in medicine.
Elizabeth Blackwell
Elizabeth Blackwell biography, with links to related articles about Elizabeth Blackwell on this site and on the Net.
Elizabeth Blackwell Quotes
A few choice quotations from the first woman medical doctor, from your Women's History Guide.
Miss Elizabeth Blackwell, M.D.
An 1868 biography of Blackwell by Rev. H. B. Elliott, reproduced on the web by your Women's History Guide.
Sanitary Commission (USSC)
A profile of the United States Sanitary Commission, founded in 1861, which helped promote health in the Union Army Camps, provide supplies, and raise money for the Union effort.
Woman Suffrage and the Professions
An anti-suffragist discusses Elizabeth Blackwell's relationship to Lucy Stone and the woman suffrage movement.
Elizabeth Blackwell
Biography from the National Women's Hall of Fame.

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