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Brown was born in Henrietta, New York , daughter of Joseph Brown and Abby Morse. She spoke in church in her youth. She studied at the Monroe County Academy and taught for a few years. She graduated from Oberlin College in 1847 and studied at the Oberlin Seminary until 1850 , when she was refused a degree and ordination due to her sex. In 1851 she left that church to become a member of the Unitarian Church. In 1853 she married Samuel C. Blackwell , brother of Elizabeth Blackwell , one of the first female graduates of a medical school in the United States. Her husband's brother Henry B. Blackwell had married Antoinette's college friend, Lucy Stone . She and her husband resided in New York City and New Jersey . They had seven children, but two died in infancy. She was a prominent speaker at many Women's Rights and Abolitionism meetings. Oberlin College awarded her honorary degrees in 1878 and 1908 . She was elected to the American Association For The Advancement Of Science . Antoinette Brown Blackwell died in Elizabeth, New Jersey . SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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