Emily Blackwell (October 8, 1826 – September 7, 1910) was an American physician and .wo.men's rights activist. She was the second woman to earn a medical degree at what is now Case Western Reserve University, after Nancy Talbot Clark. She made major advancements in the medical scene, assisting in the start of the New York Infirmary for Indigent Wo.men and Children[1] and creating the Wo.men's Central Association of Relief.[2] Blackwell, along with her sister Elizabeth, established the Wo.men's Medical College in New York City.