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The Elizabeth Blackwell Medal is awarded annually by the 
AMWA
Elizabeth Blackwell Award
{{DEFAULTSORT:Blackwell Medal Medicine awards Science awards honoring women Awards established in 1949
American Medical Women's Association
The American Medical Women's Association (AMWA) is a professional advocacy and educational organization of women in medicine, women physicians and medical students. Founded in 1915 by Bertha vanhoosen, Bertha Van Hoosen, the AMWA works to advance ...
. The medal is named in honor of Elizabeth Blackwell
Elizabeth Blackwell (3 February 182131 May 1910) was a British physician, notable as the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States, and the first woman on the Medical Register of the General Medical Council for the United Ki ...
, the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States and a pioneer in promoting the education of women in medicine
The presence of women in medicine, particularly in the practicing fields of surgery and as physicians, has been traced to the earliest of history. Women have historically had lower participation levels in medical fields compared to men with occu ...
. 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.
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*List of medicine awards
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* List of prizes, medals, and awards for women in science
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Elizabeth Blackwell Award
{{DEFAULTSORT:Blackwell Medal Medicine awards Science awards honoring women Awards established in 1949