Consuelo Clark, MD: The first Black woman licensed to practice medicine in Ohio
Cincinnati native Consuelo Clark earned an MD in 1884 from the Boston University School of Medicine. She was the only Black student at the school Continue Reading
Category: Hospitals and Medicine
The Curious paths of the Blackwell sisters’ medicine back to Cincinnati: Ellen Kirk and May Howells
(See also Women Doctors in Cincinnati and their Connections to Walnut Hills.) We have seen that Elmira Howard, a member of the first class at Continue Reading
The Curious paths of the Blackwell sisters’ medicine back to Cincinnati: Ellen Kirk and May Howells
We have seen that Elmira Howard, a member of the first class at the “Women’s Medical College of the New York Infirmary” (founded by Walnut Continue Reading
The Curious paths of the Blackwell sisters’ medicine back to Walnut Hills: Elmira Howard
(See also Women Doctors in Cincinnati and their Connections to Walnut Hills.) Sisters Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell grew up in Walnut Hills in the 1830s Continue Reading
Dr. Elmira Howard, Medicine, and a View from Across the Sea
(See also Women Doctors in Cincinnati and their Connections to Walnut Hills.) We have met Walnut Hills resident Dr. Elmira Howard as a Walnut Hills Continue Reading
African-American Medical Practice at the Turn of the 20th Century
In a series of posts, Geoff Sutton has documented both people and institutions illustrating how doctors and pharmacists worked together to meet the needs of Continue Reading
Louis A Cornish, African American MD
Louis A Cornish, African American MD Louis A. Cornish (1872-1940) earned his MD from the African American Howard Medical School in 1898. The son of Continue Reading
Elmira Young Howard: “Doctress” with an MD from a Women’s Medical College
(See also Women Doctors in Cincinnati and their Connections to Walnut Hills.) Elmira Young Howard earned her MD at the New York Medical College for Continue Reading
Model Drug Store Walnut Hills Branch: what professional success looked like
Model Drug Store Walnut Hills Branch: what professional success looked like Model Drug Stores, the largest chain of Black-owned pharmacies in Cincinnati during the 1910s Continue Reading
Model Drug Stores
Model Drug Stores In 1916, the Black-owned Model Drug Company began as a partnership between pharmacists Robert D. Russell and George R. Hicks, Jr., Russell’s Continue Reading