In the mid-1730s, Elizabeth Blackwell did something that no one like her had ever done. Over the course of two years, she became the first British woman to produce a fully illustrated herbal — a kind ...

Jan. 23 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1789, Georgetown College was founded in Georgetown, Md., which later would be part of the District of Columbia. In 1845, the U.S. Congress decided that all ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - January 23, 1849. The doctor is in. Elizabeth Blackwell becomes the first woman in the United States to earn a medical degree. Her achievement marked a pivotal moment in ...

Elizabeth Blackwell was born in February 1821 in England and was the third of nine children. In 1832 her family moved to America when her father’s sugar refinery burned down. Her parents insisted on ...

A rare, 300-year-old masterpiece of botanical illustration is set to be displayed in Leeds this month, telling a remarkable ...

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