Elizabeth Blackwell
Elizabeth alizaliwa tarehe 3 Februari 1821 huko Bristol, England, na Samuel Blackwell na mke wake Hannah (Lane) Blackwell. Samuel alikuwa na ndugu wawili wazee, Anna na Marian, na hatimaye kuwa na ndugu zao sita: Samuel (aliyeoa Antoinette Brown), Henry (aliyeoa Lucy Stone), Emily (mwanamke wa tatu nchini Marekani kupata shahada ya matibabu), Sarah Ellen (mwandishi), John na George. Wanawake wa kike; Barbara, Ann, Lucy na Mary, pia waliishi na Blackwell wakati wa utoto wa Blackwell.