Emily retired the turn of the century, and died at age 83 in 1910. By 1899, the college had trained 364 women doctors. In 1876, it became a three-year institution, and by 1893, it was a four-year college, ahead of much of the profession. In 1869, Elizabeth moved to London to help form the London School of Medicine for Women, and Emily became dean of the college. In 1868, the Blackwell sisters established the Women's Medical College in New York City.
Emily and Elizabeth Blackwell and Mary Livermore also played an important role in the development of the United States Sanitary Commission. Civil War, Emily helped organize the Women's Central Association of Relief, which selected and trained nurses for service in the war. By 1874, they were caring for over 7,000 patients annually. She successfully lobbied the New York state legislature for funding to insure long-term financial stability, and was a major force behind transforming the infirmary from a rented house to a full-fledged hospital. Emily acted as the infirmary’s manger and chief fundraiser. After further studies in Edinburgh, London, and Paris, in 1857 she joined her sister and Marie Zakrzewska in opening the New York Infirmary for Indigent Women and Children. She was finally admitted by the Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, and earned her medical degree in 1854. But when male students complained about having to study with a woman, the Illinois Medical Society canceled her admission. She was rejected by Geneva Medical College, her sister’s alma mater, and several other medical schools, before she was accepted by Rush Medical College in Chicago in 1853.
Octo– Emily Blackwell born, sister of Elizabeth Blackwell, third woman in the U.S.
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