…Doctors Blackwell” tracks Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell’s lives and their work bringing medicine to women — and women to medicine. Elizabeth Blackwell, the book explains, believed from an early age…
Read More…neighborhoods and set an example of perseverance, education and healthcare for all — Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell. Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman in the United States to receive a medical…
Read More…passing only ten years before Blackwell began renting there. Blackwell’s hospital opened its doors on May 12, 1857, the 37th birthday of Florence Nightingale, whom Blackwell had befriended earlier in…
Read More…Changed The Course of History Watch Video of Our Elizabeth Blackwell Historic Plaque Unveiling See Photos of Our Elizabeth Blackwell Historic Plaque Unveiling Listen To Our Podcast About the Blackwell…
Read More…on GVSHP’s Civil Rights and Social Justice Map that are associated with Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell and her groundbreaking work. Born on February 3, 1821, in Bristol England, Blackwell was born…
Read More…our heroines, Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman doctor in America and a pioneer who transformed the role of women in society and public health from right here in Greenwich Village,…
Read More…of East 7th street, a slum district of immigrants at mid century, attracted the attention of one Elizabeth Blackwell. Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman in modern history to receive…
Read More…Doctors Blackwell on the groundbreaking sisters and doctors Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell. Nimura will be joined by Dr. Vivian Pinn, recipient of the Blackwell Medal of the American Medical Women’s…
Read More…women, staffed by women, and run by women, founded by Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell. Blackwell was the first woman in America to receive a degree in medicine, blazing the trail for…
Read MoreAn Rong Xu for The New York Times Elizabeth Blackwell February 3, 1821- May 31, 1910 Physician and Public Health Reformer Blackwell was the first woman in America to receive…
Read More…Elizabeth Blackwell In 1849, groundbreaking physician Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in the United States to receive a medical degree. Two years later, she moved to New York City…
Read MoreCo-sponsored by Women of NoHo Janice P. Nimura will speak on her dual biography (forthcoming from W. W. Norton, 2021) on the groundbreaking sisters and doctors Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell who,…
Read More…Elizabeth Olds, Picasso Study Club,1940. Screenprint. Later in her career, Elizabeth Olds was awarded artist-in-residence fellowships at the MacDowell Colony and Yaddo Artist Retreat. There is no question that the…
Read More…Great American Cities, at 555 Hudson Street. You can view the plaque unveiling program here. Elizabeth Blackwell Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell In 1857, the first female physician in America, Dr. Elizabeth…
Read More…historic refusal to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Elizabeth Jennings Graham, ca. 1895 Elizabeth Jennings (Graham was her married name) was born in New York…
Read MoreChildren’s Aid Society, Elizabeth Home for Girls We continue celebrating Landmarks50 with a look at individual landmarks in our neighborhood. Yesterday we learned about the Children’s Aid Society, Tompkins Square…
Read More…victorious. 80 University Place 80 University Place, 2020. 80 University Place served as the home and first medical office of Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman doctor in America. Blackwell established…
Read More…that their movements were stronger when they included dissenting voices. Feminist, labor organizer, and unabashed communist Elizabeth Gurley Flynn was certainly one such voice. Flynn was born in Concord, New…
Read MoreWooden Houses of Greenwich Village: A lecture by Elizabeth Finkelstein and Michael Devonshire Greenwich Village is celebrated for its beautiful rows of brick and brownstone townhouses. But those who meander…
Read MoreEast Village Historic District Tour: A Walking Tour with Elizabeth Finkelstein Join historian (and former Village Preservation staffer) Elizabeth Finkelstein for a morning walk through and around the East Village/Lower…
Read MoreLandmarking the East Village: A Lecture with Village Preservation Director of Preservation and Research Elizabeth Finkelstein Part of Village Preservation’s 30th Anniversary Staff Past and Present Series From its early…
Read MoreEast Village Historic District Tour: A Walking Tour with Elizabeth Finkelstein – 7/31 Join historian (and former Village Preservation staffer) Elizabeth Finkelstein for a morning walk through and around the…
Read MoreEast Village Historic District Tour: A Walking Tour with Elizabeth Finkelstein – 7/11 Join historian (and former Village Preservation staffer) Elizabeth Finkelstein for a morning walk through and around the…
Read More…owned the building were Roosevelt’s close friends and political advisors. Elizabeth Fisher Read and Esther Lape met Roosevelt in the 1920s. They were highly influential women in their own right:…
Read MoreThe Landmarks Application Process A Presentation by Elizabeth Finkelstein…
Read MoreAPPLICATION APPROVED NoHo East Historic District Between Mott and Elizabeth Streets —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda: A Colonial Revival style school and rectory building designed by…
Read MoreApplication did not return for review by LPC CB2 hearing: 04/29/2013 LPC hearing: 05/14/2013 LPC meeting: TBD NoHo East Historic District Between Mott Street and Elizabeth Street Image courtesy of…
Read More…the dedication event here: http://bit.ly/blackwellphotos and the video here: http://bit.ly/blackwelldedication. Elizabeth Blackwell was also a subject of our 2021 outdoor interactive exhibition, VILLAGE VOICES. A shadowbox honoring Dr. Blackwell was placed at…
Read More…Greenwich Village, having attended the Little Red Schoolhouse just a half-dozen blocks to the south of the prison. The Women’s House of Detention was demolished in 1974. 14. Elizabeth Blackwell,…
Read MoreApplication never presented CB2 hearing: TBD LPC hearing: TBD NoHo East Historic District Between Houston and Bleecker Streets —- APPLICATION INFORMATION —- 1) From the LPC agenda: A Romanesque Revival style…
Read MoreAPPROVED 03/06/2018 CB2 hearing: 01/11/2018 CB2 hearing: 02/15/2018 LPC hearing: 01/23/2018 – laid over LPC hearing: 03/06/2018 NoHo East Historic District Between East Houston street and Bleecker Street —- APPLICATION…
Read MoreAPPROVED on 05/03/2011 NoHo East Historic District Between Bleecker & East Houston Streets APPLICATION: A neo-Grec style tenement and store building designed by Charles Mettam and built in 1878. Application…
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3/6/18 LPC hearing date. For more information about this application, click here….
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The 9/11 Tiles for America Memorial was created by Greenwich Village community members to honor the memory of those lost on September 11th, 2001, and the destruction of the World…
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The 9/11 Tiles for America Memorial was created by Greenwich Village community members to honor the memory of those lost on September 11th, 2001, and the destruction of the World…
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The 9/11 Tiles for America Memorial was created by Greenwich Village community members to honor the memory of those lost on September 11th, 2001, and the destruction of the World…
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These buildings were landmarked with Village Preservation’s support as part of the NoHo East Historic District in 2003. Via Google Streetview….
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Read More…body systematically collected and distributed life-saving supplies such as bandages, blankets, food, clothing, and medical supplies. Elizabeth Blackwell. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia. Blackwell also partnered with several prominent male physicians…
Read MoreThe history of medical and public health advancements have played a key role in our neighborhoods’ stories. While the story of Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman doctor in America is…
Read More…Dr. Rebecca Cole, Bleecker Street Village Preservation · Doctors That Were In The House: Blackwell Sisters and Dr. Rebecca Cole, Bleecker Street Here we look at women medical pioneers Elizabeth…
Read More…travel further back in time to illuminate the life of Saint Elizabeth Seton, whose story begins before the American Revolution. Elizabeth Ann Bayley was born in August of 1774 into…
Read More…called the Blackwell’s Island Bridge; Blackwell’s Island was the prior name for Roosevelt Island (which later became Welfare Island, and then Roosevelt Island). Due to the concentration of hospitals on…
Read More…writer, journalist, and author whose “Nightwood” gave unprecedented visibility to the lesbian experience. Elizabeth Blackwell — First woman doctor in America and public health pioneer serving women, children, and the…
Read More…author whose “Nightwood” gave unprecedented visibility to the lesbian experience. Elizabeth Blackwell — First woman doctor in America and public health pioneer serving women, children, and the poor. Susan Brownmiller…
Read More…author whose “Nightwood” gave unprecedented visibility to the lesbian experience. Elizabeth Blackwell — First woman doctor in America and public health pioneer serving women, children, and the poor. Susan Brownmiller…
Read More…Eustis, and other Village residents and supporters who lent their voices to this project. Berenice Abbott W.H. Auden James Baldwin Jean-Michel Basquiat Elizabeth Blackwell Margaret Wise Brown e.e. cummings Merce…
Read More…compensation, Peter Gerard, Elizabeth’s brother, conveyed the triangular shaped lot to them which would be known as Elizabeth Fish’s Garden. This would later be built on in 1861 with a…
Read More…building was converted to an infirmary for women and children by Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to obtain a medical degree in the United States. In 2018, Village Preservation installed…
Read More…Blackwell, the first woman doctor in the United State and the first hospital run by and for women, and honoring Westbeth, the pioneering “home of the arts.” 2017 After a year…
Read More…Sister Doctors In a Time of Need: Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell and The Infirmary for Indigent Women and Children on Bleecker Street — Janice P. Nimura wrote a dual biography…
Read More…that was considered normal when displayed by working-class white patrons. Elizabeth Jennings Graham In 1854, activist and educator Elizabeth Jennings Graham boarded a streetcar of the Third Avenue Railway Company…
Read More…paper. Brooklyn Museum. Elizabeth Olds Elizabeth Olds, 1937. Federal Art Project, Photographic Division collection, circa 1920-1965. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Elizabeth Olds (December 10, 1896 – March 4,…
Read More…here) was placed on the building at 50 East First Street in 2012. Just this month we dedicated our twelfth plaque to the first woman doctor in America, Elizabeth Blackwell…
Read More…first woman doctor in America, Elizabeth Blackwell; and the offices of the Village Voice newspaper. The influential publishing house Grove Press moved here in 1964, publishing Alex Haley’s The Autobiography…
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…placed a plaque on the building marking its service as home to the first hospital run by and for women, led by Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman doctor in America….
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…placed a plaque on the building marking its service as home to the first hospital run by and for women, led by Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman doctor in America….
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Read More…became the New York Infirmary for Women and Children, which was established by Elizabeth Blackwell, the country’s first female medical doctor. The first alteration of record in 1891 lists a…
Read More…to an infirmary for women and children by Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to obtain a medical degree in the United States. Astor Library, interior view, 1854. Image courtesy the…
Read More…Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Perhaps more importantly, the building was home to the first hospital run by and for women, led by Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman doctor in America. The…
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…a plaque on the building marking its service as home to the first hospital run by and for women, led by Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman doctor in America. 58…
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Read More…of women in medicine along with Villager Elizabeth Blackwell. Garnet, seated, with her family Though her time in Greenwich Village was brief, Garnet’s presence in the neighborhood highlights a time…
Read More…them and all our other programs here. Historic Plaques: Many of our historic markers commemorate transformative local women, including Jane Jacobs, Lorraine Hansberry, Frances Perkins, Elizabeth Blackwell, Martha Graham, Anaïs…
Read More…former homes of Jane Jacobs, James Baldwin, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Lorraine Hansberry, Frank Stella, Martha Graham, Frank O’Hara, and Elizabeth Blackwell; the headquarters of the NAACP and The Crisis Magazine; Julius’…
Read More…plaque unveiling on Thursday, October 6 — CLICK HERE Learn more about our historic plaque program, honoring figures from James Baldwin to Jane Jacobs, Jean-Michel Basquiat to Elizabeth Blackwell, here….
Read More…Elizabeth Blackwell, Margaret Wise Brown, E. E. Cummings, John W. Draper, Bob Dylan, Martha Graham, Lorraine Hansberry, Larry Kramer, Joan Mitchell, Charlie “Bird” Parker, Jackson Pollock, Robert Rauschenberg, Oliver Sacks,…
Read More…Crown Heights. Her sister, Susan Smith McKinney Steward, was the first African American woman physician in New York, pioneering a legacy of women in medicine along with Villager Elizabeth Blackwell. Sarah…
Read More…proud to honor and highlight this remarkable history. Past plaques have marked the former homes of James Baldwin, Elizabeth Blackwell, Lorraine Hansberry, Frank O’Hara, Martha Graham, The Fillmore East, the San…
Read More…Billie Holiday, music producer John Hammond, first American woman doctor Elizabeth Blackwell, the International Worker’s Order, the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, swing musician Benny Goodman, and renowned authors…
Read More…backing comes from the Elizabeth Blackwell Institute in Bristol, England, the Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History, prominent academics at NYU and FIT, and the author of Wedded to…
Read More…career. 80 University Place In the late 19th century, this building housed the home and office the America’s first female doctor, Elizabeth Blackwell. 61 Fourth Avenue In 1955, this became the…
Read MoreThe following is a re-posting of a post by Elizabeth Finkelstein from 2011: Call it whatever you’d like: antique, vintage, or historic. If one thing is for certain, the Village is really,…
Read MoreThe following is a re-posting of a post by Elizabeth Finkelstein from 2011: Call it whatever you’d like: antique, vintage, or historic. If one thing is for certain, the Village is really, really…
Read More…still be saved. Click here to take action to help save other area buildings. Click here to read more about Webster Hall. Children’s Aid Society Elizabeth Home For Girls The Elizabeth…
Read More…City’s and the East Village’s immigrant history. 345 East 4th Street This structure was originally built in 1891-92 and designed by Edward Wenz for the Church of St. Elizabeth of…
Read More…Elizabeth Home for Girls, 1896. Photo Courtesy of Children’s Aid Society Annual FrReport. Former Elizabeth Home for Girls, 2012. The Sullivan Street Industrial School at 219 Sullivan Street was another…
Read More…and the elimination of multiple-loom systems. Elizabeth Gurley Flynn The backlash against the strikers was not long in coming. On the first day of the strike, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn was…
Read MoreCo-Sponsored by Salmagundi Club, Coffee House Club, Merchant’s House Museum, and Victorian Society NY Elizabeth L. Block, art and cultural historian, and Senior Editor in the Publications and Editorial Department…
Read More…to the radical magazine The Masses, which was edited by “The Prince of Greenwich Village” writer Max Eastman. Max Eastman Wobbly Elizabeth Gurley Flynn frequented Heterodoxy a bi-monthly proto feminist…
Read More…Suffrage-centennial focused: Sister Doctors: Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell The Blackwell sisters changed medicine, broke glass ceilings, and served women’s health in the Village — keep an eye out for a…
Read More…the last Dutch Director-General of New Netherland. Petrus built the house for his daughter Elizabeth when she married Nicholas Fish, a close friend of both Alexandar Hamilton and General Lafayette….
Read More…immortalized in one of the most acclaimed and iconic American films of the 1970’s. The wedding of John Wojtowicz and Ernest Aron (later Elizabeth Eden). On August 22, 1972, John…
Read More…his bank job, and the family became impoverished. Her parents divorced, and she and her sister Elizabeth moved with their mother to Oakland. There, her mother taught piano and music,…
Read MoreThe wedding of John Wojtowicz and Ernest Aron (later Elizabeth Eden). On August 22, 1972, what may be the most legendary bank robbery in New York City history took…
Read More…of streeteasy.com. In 1931, 51-year-old Village resident Elizabeth Bullock was struck and killed by a car on Hudson Street. She was cremated and her ashes given to a friend who…
Read More…Society school until 1925. Today it is home to seven apartments. Children’s Aid Society, Elizabeth Home for Girls. NYC LPC The Elizabeth Home for Girls at 307 East 12th Street…
Read More…School, ca. 1890. Photo courtesy of MCNY Digital Collections. Former Tompkins Square Lodging House for Boys and Industrial School, 2012. Photo courtesy of Village Preservation. The Elizabeth Home for Girls…
Read More…Elizabeth Eden). He disputed several elements of the film, though he supposedly refused to speak to the screenwriter who was seeking details for the script (he did, however, say that…
Read More…houses attributed to celebrated 19th century architect James Renwick, built on Elizabeth Fish’s former garden. A map of the 1811 street grid that shows Stuyvesant Street. The red line indicates…
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