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. elizabeth blackwell stamp elizabeth blackwellesther pohl lovejoy received the award in 1951 and 1957. dr. tina strobos was co-recipient of the award in 1998. recipients source: amwa year recipient 1949mary riggs noble 1950bertha van hoosen 1951esther pohl lovejoy 1952catharine macfarlane 1953elizabeth bass 1954mabel e. gardner 1955elise s. l'esperance 1956evangeline s. stenhouse 1957esther pohl lovejoy 1958ada chree reid 1959helen f. schrack 1960nelle sparks noble 1961elizabeth kittredge 1962judith emmelia ahlem 1963elizabeth s. waugh 1964helena t. ratterman 1965camille mermod 1966esther c. marting 1967amey chappell 1968margaret j. schneider 1969katharine w. wright 1970rosa lee nemir 1971frieda bauman 1972alma dea morani 1973alice drew chenoweth 1974laura e. morrow 1975ruth hartgraves 1976claire f. ryder 1977eva p. dodge and edith p. brown 1978minerva s. buerk 1979bernice c. sachs 1980ann p.d. manton 1981mathilda r. vaschak 1982helen b. taussig 1983clara raven 1984charlotte h. kerr and helen m. caldicott 1985carol c. nadelson 1986luella klein 1987a. lois scully 1988claudine m. gay 1989helen octavia dickens 1990lila a. wallis 1991anne l. barlow 1992roselyn p. epps and jane e. hodgson 1993yoshiye togasaki 1994anne h. flitcraft 1995vivian w. pinn 1996elizabeth w. karlin 1997leclair bissell 1998leah j. dickstein and tina strobos 1999lila stein kroser 2000nanette kass wenger and jeanne spurlock 2001no annual meeting, no selection 2002olga jonasson 2003joanne lynn 2004mary jane england 2005sarah s. donaldson 2006patricia joy numann 2007debra r. judelson 2008elinor christiansen 2009nancy nielson 2010linda clever 2011valerie montgomery rice 2012luanne thorndyke 2013kimberly templeton 2014mary guinan 2015mae jemison 2016padmini murthy 2017marjorie runyon jenkins 2018michele barry 2019alma littles 2020darilyn moyer 2021susan thompson hingle 2022julie k. silver