Elizabeth Lyles Blackwell Fountain

This fountain is dedicated to

Elizabeth Lyles Blackwell

First Lady of Furman University

1965 to 1976

Courtesy hmdb.org

Elizabeth Blackwell

Born in Bristol, England, Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910), moved to Cincinnati in 1838. Blackwell applied to several medical schools before being accepted to Geneva Medical College in New York. In 1849, she received a medical degree, becoming the first fully ...

Elizabeth Blackwell, M.D.

Dr. Blackwell was the first woman awarded a medical degree in the United States.

She began privately her medical studies in Asheville in 1845 under Dr. John Dickson, for whom she taught music at Dickson private school for girls. The school ...