Elizabeth Blackwell Medal
# 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, 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 |
