Elizabeth Blackwell papers, 1849-1863, and undated

Blackwell, Elizabeth, 1821-1910

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Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell was born in Bristol, England, in 1821 to a politically outspoken father committed to fairness among his male and female children. In 1832, Samuel Blackwell moved his family to the United States in part for financial reasons but also to participate in the abolitionist movement. Two of his daughters would grow up to continue this fight against slavery and to work towards women's rights, specifically in the area of women in medicine. After years of struggling to be taken ...

History of Medicine Collections (Duke University)

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Prince, William Robert, 1795-1869

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American horticulturist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Flushing, New York, to the Reverend John Pierpont, 1859 Mar. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270619058 William R. Prince, horticulturist, was born in Flushing, NY, and educated at Jamaica Academy and in Canada. He followed after his father and grandfather, becoming associated with the Linnean Botanic Garden & Nurseries at Flushing. He collaborated with his father to write A treatise on the vine...