Blackwell family.

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The most prominent members of the Blackwell family were Elizabeth (1821-1910) and Emily (1826-1910), among the earliest women doctors and founders of the New York Infirmary and College for Women; their brother Henry Browne Blackwell (1825-1909), his wife Lucy Stone (1818-1893), and their daughter Alice Stone Blackwell (1857-1950), known for their leading roles in the abolition, woman suffrage, and prohibition movements; and their sister-in-law Antoinette Louisa (Brown) Blackwell (1825-1921), wife of Samuel Charles Blackwell (1823-1901), the first woman ordained as a minister in the United States and an active speaker on behalf of abolition, women's rights and prohibition.

From the description of Papers, 1842-1945 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 86145433

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creatorOf Blackwell family. Papers, 1832-1981 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
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United States
Massachusetts
Russia
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Anti-feminism
Women physicians
Women
Women
Women clergy
Women in science
Women's rights
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Clergy
Physicians
Women social reformers
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Active 1842

Active 1945

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