IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1921) was a ...

Two of the country's first female medical doctors have been added to the list of notable people immortalized with statues by Saddle River sculptor Carolyn Palmer. Palmer's 6-foot-2-inch, 400-pound ...

Notes: James Kences brings a biography about a notable mid-nineteenth century woman physician who was a seasonal resident at the York Cliffs named Seawold after her retirement in her 70s. The ...

“If I could have been treated by a lady doctor, my worst sufferings would have been spared me,” a friend told Elizabeth Blackwell in early 1845. English-born Blackwell was interested in history and ...

Whether Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to receive an M.D., ever visited Vermont is uncertain; she most definitely never lived here. Ironically, Vermont’s role in Blackwell’s career is ...