Becoming Elizabeth Blackwell

This project will develop a playscript, staged reading and a creative methodology about the life of Bristol-born Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to qualify as a doctor in the USA. The project will be in dialogue with UoB medical and arts communities and schools. The project-partner is the Bristol Old Vic. It champions disability and women in science.

Biographical performances of real lives have proliferated but the lives of women have been neglected – and women in science and women with disabilities have suffered particular marginalization. The stories of resilient, pioneering women provide important and aspirational models to all women, especially the young.