U.S. National Institutes of Health

Emily Blackwell, MD — obstetrics and gynecology

Courtesy Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University

Dr. Emily Blackwell (1826–1910) worked with her sister, Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, to establish the New York Infirmary for Women and Children, the first hospital for women in the United States, and the Woman’s Medical College of the New York Infirmary.

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