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, 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.

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 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

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