Ellis Reynolds Shipp

Women in Science » Medicine

One of the earliest female doctors in Utah. After graduating from the Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, Shipp returned to Salt Lake City and opened a School of Obstetrics and Nursing where she would eventually train 500 women as midwives and nurses. She also delivered more than 6,000 babies. In addition to her contributions to medicine, Shipp also served as a member of the General Relief Society Board, the president of the Utah Women’s Press Club, a member of the executive board of the Desert Hospital, and as a delegate to the National Council of Women in Washington, D.C.
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