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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 Additional papers of the Blackwell family, 1851-1972 (inclusive), 1851-1935 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 780385634

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Great Britain
United States
New Jersey
Ohio
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Books and reading
Home economics
Women physicians
Poor
Women in medicine
Women's rights
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Active 1851

Active 1972

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