Ellis Reynolds Shipp, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetEllis Reynolds Shipp
American physician
Date of Birth: 20-Jan-1847
Date of Death: 31-Jan-1939
Profession: physician, hymnwriter
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Ellis Reynolds Shipp
- Ellis Reynolds Shipp MD FAAP (January 20, 1847 – January 31, 1939) was one of the first female doctors in Utah and west of the Mississippi.
- She founded the School of Nursing and Obstetrics in 1879, and was on the board of the Deseret Hospital Association.
- Shipp successfully combined motherhood and a medical practice, saying, "It is to me the crowning joy of a woman’s life to be a mother." In her 50-year medical career, she delivered more than 5000 babies, and led the School of Nursing and Obstetrics to train more than 500 women as licensed midwives.
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