This article is one of the "stops" on the Virtual Amazing Race, a lesson plan suitable for grades 5 and up. Students gather research in a webquest of around-the-world topics and (optionally) create a Web site Using PowerPoint.
Publications by Elizabeth Blackwell
During her career Elizabeth Blackwell published a number of books. In addition to the 1852 book on health, she also wrote:
- 1871: The Religion of Health
- 1878: Counsel to Parents on the Moral Education of Their Children
- 1884: The Human Element in Sex
- 1895, her autobiography: Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women
- 1902: Essays in Medical Sociology
Elizabeth Blackwell Family Connections
- Elizabeth's sister Emily was a pioneer woman medical doctor.
- Her sister Anna became an artist, translator, and newspaper columnist.
- Her brother Henry married pioneer feminist Lucy Stone.
- Her brother Samuel C. was married to pioneer woman minister and science writer Antoinette Brown Blackwell.
- Her sister Sarah became a writer and artist.
- George Washington Blackwell, the youngest brother and the only of the siblings born in America, became a wealthy landowner.
- Sister Marianne was a teacher.
- I've been unable to determine what became of brother John.
Elizabeth Blackwell on This Site
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Miss Elizabeth Blackwell, M.D.
An 1868 biography of Blackwell by Rev. H. B. Elliott - Women in Medicine
- Elizabeth Blackwell Quotes
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Woman Suffrage and the Professions
An anti-suffragist discusses Elizabeth Blackwell's relationship to Lucy Stone and to the woman suffrage movement - The Blackwell Women - resources about the incredible Blackwell women: Elizabeth Blackwell, Emily Blackwell, Lucy Stone, Antoinette Brown Blackwell and more.
- Sanitary Commission - Elizabeth Blackwell was one of many women who served in the Sanitary Commission during the US Civil War.
Elizabeth Blackwell on the Web
- Elizabeth Blackwell Biography: National Women's Hall of Fame
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Exhibit Commemorates the 150th Anniversary
Press release on anniversary of Elizabeth Blackwell's graduation from medical school. Illustrations include copy of her diploma, illustration of Geneva College campus.
Writings of Elizabeth Blackwell
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Letter to Lady Byron
A letter from Elizabeth Blackwell about women's rights and the medical education of women physicians
