Elizabeth Blackwell Medal

The Elizabeth Blackwell Medal is awarded annually by the American Medical Women's Association. The medal is named in honor of Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States and a pioneer in promoting the education of women in medicine. Established by Elise S. L'Esperance in 1949, 100 years after Blackwell received her medical degree,[1] the medal is granted to a woman physician "who has made the most outstanding contributions to the cause of women in the field of medicine." Before 1993, the medal was only awarded to members of the AMWA.[2]

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Elizabeth Blackwell
Esther Pohl Lovejoy received the award in 1951 and 1957.
Dr. Tina Strobos was co-recipient of the award in 1998.
Not to be confused with the Elizabeth Blackwell Award presented by Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

Recipients

Source: AMWA

Year Recipient
1949Mary Riggs Noble
1950Bertha Van Hoosen
1951Esther Pohl Lovejoy
1952Catharine Macfarlane
1953Elizabeth Bass
1954Mabel E. Gardner
1955Elise S. L'Esperance
1956Evangeline S. Stenhouse
1957Esther Pohl Lovejoy
1958Ada Chree Reid
1959Helen F. Schrack
1960Nelle Sparks Noble
1961Elizabeth Kittredge
1962Judith Emmelia Ahlem
1963Elizabeth S. Waugh
1964Helena T. Ratterman
1965Camille Mermod
1966Esther C. Marting
1967Amey Chappell
1968Margaret J. Schneider
1969Katharine W. Wright
1970Rosa Lee Nemir[3]
1971Frieda Bauman
1972Alma Dea Morani
1973Alice Drew Chenoweth
1974Laura E. Morrow
1975Ruth Hartgraves
1976Claire F. Ryder
1977Eva P. Dodge and Edith P. Brown
1978Minerva S. Buerk
1979Bernice C. Sachs
1980Ann P.D. Manton
1981Mathilda R. Vaschak
1982Helen B. Taussig
1983Clara Raven
1984Charlotte H. Kerr and Helen M. Caldicott
1985Carol C. Nadelson
1986Luella Klein
1987A. Lois Scully
1988Claudine M. Gay
1989Helen Octavia Dickens
1990Lila A. Wallis
1991Anne L. Barlow
1992Roselyn P. Epps and Jane E. Hodgson
1993Yoshiye Togasaki
1994Anne H. Flitcraft
1995Vivian W. Pinn
1996Elizabeth W. Karlin
1997LeClair Bissell
1998Leah J. Dickstein and Tina Strobos
1999Lila Stein Kroser
2000Nanette Kass Wenger and Jeanne Spurlock
2001No Annual Meeting, no selection
2002Olga Jonasson
2003Joanne Lynn
2004Mary Jane England
2005Sarah S. Donaldson
2006Patricia Joy Numann
2007Debra R. Judelson
2008Elinor Christiansen
2009Nancy Nielson
2010Linda Clever
2011Valerie Montgomery Rice
2012Luanne Thorndyke
2013Kimberly Templeton
2014Mary Guinan
2015Mae Jemison
2016Padmini Murthy
2017Marjorie Runyon Jenkins
2018Michele Barry
2019Alma Littles

See also

Notes
  1. "Elizabeth Blackwell Letters, circa 1850-1884". Columbia University Libraries. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  2. "Elizabeth Blackwell Award". American Medical Women's Association. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  3. Morrow, L (January 1971). "Presentation of Elizabeth Blackwell Medal to Rosa Lee Nemir, M.D.". Woman Physician. 26 (1): 33. PMID 4926159.

Further reading
  • "Elizabeth Blackwell medal". Journal of the American Medical Women's Association. 47 (3): 68–69. May–June 1992. PMID 1624663.
  • Vaschak, MR (February 1975). "The Elizabeth Blackwell Annual Award, 1974". Journal of the American Medical Women's Association. 30 (2): 84–85. PMID 163270.
  • Mega, LT; McKinney, PA (Sep–Oct 1990). "Looking back at progress: AMWA award winners". Journal of the American Medical Women's Association. 45 (5): 200–6. PMID 2269768.
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