Emily Blackwell, M.D., is an 1854 alumna. She became the second woman to earn a medical degree at what is now Case Western Reserve University and the third woman to earn a medical degree in the United States.
Dr. Blackwell helped her sister, Elizabeth Blackwell, M.D., establish the New York Infirmary for Women and Children and its Women's Medical College, where she ultimately served as dean. The college eventually merged with Cornell's Medical School. The infirmary merged with Breekman Downtown Hospital and today is known as NYU Downtown Hospital.
Dr. Blackwell died in 1910.
Contact Information:
Elizabeth McKinley, M.D., M.P.H.
Dean, Emily Blackwell Society
Case School of Medicine, Room E423
10900 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44106-4915
Phone: 216.368.3164
Fax: 216.368.0564
elizabeth.mckinley@case.edu
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