Elizabeth Blackwell Medal
Awarded by the American Medical Women's Association
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]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Elizabeth_Blackwell.jpg/220px-Elizabeth_Blackwell.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Esther_Pohl_Lovejoy.jpg/220px-Esther_Pohl_Lovejoy.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/TinaStrobos1941.jpg)
Recipients
Source: AMWA
Year | Recipient |
---|---|
1949 | Mary Riggs Noble |
1950 | Bertha Van Hoosen |
1951 | Esther Pohl Lovejoy |
1952 | Catharine Macfarlane |
1953 | Elizabeth Bass |
1954 | Mabel E. Gardner |
1955 | Elise S. L'Esperance |
1956 | Evangeline S. Stenhouse |
1957 | Esther Pohl Lovejoy |
1958 | Ada Chree Reid |
1959 | Helen F. Schrack |
1960 | Nelle Sparks Noble |
1961 | Elizabeth Kittredge |
1962 | Judith Emmelia Ahlem |
1963 | Elizabeth S. Waugh |
1964 | Helena T. Ratterman |
1965 | Camille Mermod |
1966 | Esther C. Marting |
1967 | Amey Chappell |
1968 | Margaret J. Schneider |
1969 | Katharine W. Wright |
1970 | Rosa Lee Nemir[3] |
1971 | Frieda Bauman |
1972 | Alma Dea Morani |
1973 | Alice Drew Chenoweth |
1974 | Laura E. Morrow |
1975 | Ruth Hartgraves |
1976 | Claire F. Ryder |
1977 | Eva P. Dodge and Edith P. Brown |
1978 | Minerva S. Buerk |
1979 | Bernice C. Sachs |
1980 | Ann P.D. Manton |
1981 | Mathilda R. Vaschak |
1982 | Helen B. Taussig |
1983 | Clara Raven |
1984 | Charlotte H. Kerr and Helen M. Caldicott |
1985 | Carol C. Nadelson |
1986 | Luella Klein |
1987 | A. Lois Scully |
1988 | Claudine M. Gay |
1989 | Helen Octavia Dickens |
1990 | Lila A. Wallis |
1991 | Anne L. Barlow |
1992 | Roselyn P. Epps and Jane E. Hodgson |
1993 | Yoshiye Togasaki |
1994 | Anne H. Flitcraft |
1995 | Vivian W. Pinn |
1996 | Elizabeth W. Karlin |
1997 | LeClair Bissell |
1998 | Leah J. Dickstein and Tina Strobos |
1999 | Lila Stein Kroser |
2000 | Nanette Kass Wenger and Jeanne Spurlock |
2001 | No Annual Meeting, no selection |
2002 | Olga Jonasson |
2003 | Joanne Lynn |
2004 | Mary Jane England |
2005 | Sarah S. Donaldson |
2006 | Patricia Joy Numann |
2007 | Debra R. Judelson |
2008 | Elinor Christiansen |
2009 | Nancy Nielson |
2010 | Linda Clever |
2011 | Valerie Montgomery Rice |
2012 | Luanne Thorndyke |
2013 | Kimberly Templeton |
2014 | Mary Guinan |
2015 | Mae Jemison |
2016 | Padmini Murthy |
2017 | Marjorie Runyon Jenkins |
2018 | Michele Barry |
2019 | Alma Littles |
2020 | Darilyn Moyer |
2021 | Susan Thompson Hingle |
2022 | Julie K. Silver |
2023 | Nancy D. Spector |
See also
- List of medicine awards
- List of prizes, medals, and awards for women in science
- List of prizes named after people
Notes
- ^ "Elizabeth Blackwell Letters, circa 1850-1884". Columbia University Libraries. Archived from the original on 3 June 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
- ^ "Elizabeth Blackwell Award". American Medical Women's Association. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
- ^ 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.
External links
- Elizabeth Blackwell Award