Walnut Hills Historical Society
stories and images from Walnut Hills, Cincinnati
Women’s path into medicine in the 19th and early 20th centuries has often been blocked by male-dominated institutions. Nevertheless, many women persevered, becoming leaders in Continue Reading
(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
(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
(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
(See also Women Doctors in Cincinnati and their Connections to Walnut Hills.) MEDICAL MAIDS. Cincinnati’s Women Physicians. WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING. Continue Reading
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
(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 Stores, the largest chain of Black-owned pharmacies in Cincinnati during the 1910s Continue Reading
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
Drug stores in Black Walnut Hills: Walnut Hills Pharmacy, 1908-1924 The first Black-owned Drug Store in Walnut Hills appeared on Chapel Street in 1908. Named Continue Reading