Elizabeth Blackwell: Speech, Article, and Book File
Elizabeth 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. Elizabeth Blackwell corresponded with Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron (Baroness Byron) and Florence Nightingale, who gave support to Elizabeth's medical work abroad. 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’s speeches and writings primarily relate to her efforts to open the medical profession to women in the United States and England. These documents also include book reviews, notes, poetry, stories, and translations.
Elizabeth Blackwell’s speeches and writings primarily relate to her efforts to open the medical profession to women in the United States and England. These documents also include book reviews, notes, poetry, stories, and translations.

Blackwell Family Papers: Elizabeth Blackwell Papers, 1836-1946; Speech, Article, and Book File, 1857-1916; The Influence of Women in the Profession of Medicine; Address Given at the Opening of the Winter Session of the London School of Medicine for Women (London: G. Bell, 1889, 32 pp.)

Blackwell Family Papers: Elizabeth Blackwell Papers, 1836-1946; Speech, Article, and Book File, 1857-1916; Medicine and Morality, reprinted from The Modern Review (London: W. Speaght, 1881, 14 pp.)

Blackwell Family Papers: Elizabeth Blackwell Papers, 1836-1946; Speech, Article, and Book File, 1857-1916; "A Miscarriage of Justice," letter to the editor, The Observer, 5 Sept. 1896, p. 7
![Blackwell Family Papers: Elizabeth Blackwell Papers, 1836-1946; Speech, Article, and Book File, 1857-1916; On the Decay of Municipal Representative Government: A Chapter of Personal Experience (London: Moral Reform Union, [1885?], 16 pp.)](https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/service:mss:mss12880:mss12880-045:0254/full/pct:12.5/0/default.jpg#h=352&w=247)
Blackwell Family Papers: Elizabeth Blackwell Papers, 1836-1946; Speech, Article, and Book File, 1857-1916; On the Decay of Municipal Representative Government: A Chapter of Personal Experience (London: Moral Reform Union, [1885?], 16 pp.)

Blackwell Family Papers: Elizabeth Blackwell Papers, 1836-1946; Speech, Article, and Book File, 1857-1916; "On the Education of Women Physicians," draft
![Blackwell Family Papers: Elizabeth Blackwell Papers, 1836-1946; Speech, Article, and Book File, 1857-1916; On the Humane Prevention of Rabies (St. Leonards, England: J. F. Nock, [1891?], 3 pp.)](https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/service:mss:mss12880:mss12880-045:0287/full/pct:12.5/0/default.jpg#h=309&w=224)
Blackwell Family Papers: Elizabeth Blackwell Papers, 1836-1946; Speech, Article, and Book File, 1857-1916; On the Humane Prevention of Rabies (St. Leonards, England: J. F. Nock, [1891?], 3 pp.)

Blackwell Family Papers: Elizabeth Blackwell Papers, 1836-1946; Speech, Article, and Book File, 1857-1916; "The Position of Women," (Philadelphia) The Press, 25 Aug. 1857, p. 1, with author's notation identifying it as her first "public writing"
![Blackwell Family Papers: Elizabeth Blackwell Papers, 1836-1946; Speech, Article, and Book File, 1857-1916; Purchase of Women: The Great Economic Blunder, pt. 1 (London: J. Kensit, [1886?], 42 pp.) and a reprint, with foreword by Mrs. Henry Fawcett (London: G. Bell, [1916], 54 pp.)](https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/service:mss:mss12880:mss12880-045:0297/full/pct:12.5/0/default.jpg#h=344&w=248)
Blackwell Family Papers: Elizabeth Blackwell Papers, 1836-1946; Speech, Article, and Book File, 1857-1916; Purchase of Women: The Great Economic Blunder, pt. 1 (London: J. Kensit, [1886?], 42 pp.) and a reprint, with foreword by Mrs. Henry Fawcett (London: G. Bell, [1916], 54 pp.)

Blackwell Family Papers: Elizabeth Blackwell Papers, 1836-1946; Speech, Article, and Book File, 1857-1916; The Religion of Health (Edinburgh: J. Menzies, 1878, 22 pp.) and a second edition
