Elizabeth Blackwell: Family Correspondence
Elizabeth Blackwell corresponded with many Blackwell family members, including her mother, Hannah; her siblings, Anna, Marian, Elizabeth, Samuel, Henry, Emily, and Sarah Ellen; her sisters-in-law Antoinette Brown Blackwell, Emma Lawrence Blackwell, and Lucy Stone; her adopted daughter and companion Kitty Barry BlackwElizabeth Blackwell is widely considered to be the first American woman to receive an academic medical degree. Her papers contain extensive diaries from 1836 to 1908, family and general correspondence, and speeches and writings which document her efforts to open the medical profession to women in the United States and England. She encountered many difficulties in establishing the New York Infirmary for Women and Children with her sister Dr. Emily Blackwell and their colleague Dr. Marie Zakrzewska, in 1854, and struggled fifteen years later to found a women's medical college in the United States. She wrote widely on various aspects of medicine, including women’s health concerns, and her papers include many of her published works unavailable elsewhere.
Elizabeth Blackwell corresponded with many Blackwell family members, including her mother, Hannah; her siblings, Anna, Marian, Elizabeth, Samuel, Henry, Emily, and Sarah Ellen; her sisters-in-law Antoinette Brown Blackwell, Emma Lawrence Blackwell, and Lucy Stone; her adopted daughter and companion Kitty Barry Blackwell; and her niece Alice Stone Blackwell.
Elizabeth Blackwell corresponded with many Blackwell family members, including her mother, Hannah; her siblings, Anna, Marian, Elizabeth, Samuel, Henry, Emily, and Sarah Ellen; her sisters-in-law Antoinette Brown Blackwell, Emma Lawrence Blackwell, and Lucy Stone; her adopted daughter and companion Kitty Barry Blackwell; and her niece Alice Stone Blackwell.

Blackwell Family Papers: Elizabeth Blackwell Papers, 1836-1946; Family Correspondence, 1844-1906; Blackwell, Alice Stone

Blackwell Family Papers: Elizabeth Blackwell Papers, 1836-1946; Family Correspondence, 1844-1906; Blackwell, Anna

Blackwell Family Papers: Elizabeth Blackwell Papers, 1836-1946; Family Correspondence, 1844-1906; Blackwell, Emma Lawrence

Blackwell Family Papers: Elizabeth Blackwell Papers, 1836-1946; Family Correspondence, 1844-1906; Blackwell, Hannah

Blackwell Family Papers: Elizabeth Blackwell Papers, 1836-1946; Family Correspondence, 1844-1906; Blackwell, Henry Browne

Blackwell Family Papers: Elizabeth Blackwell Papers, 1836-1946; Family Correspondence, 1844-1906; Blackwell, John Howard

Blackwell Family Papers: Elizabeth Blackwell Papers, 1836-1946; Family Correspondence, 1844-1906; Blackwell, John Kenyon
