Ellis Reynolds Shipp

Ellis Reynolds Shipp

Ellis Reynolds Shipp (1847–1939) was one of the first female doctors in Utah. She founded The School of Nursing and Obstetrics in 1879.

Biography

Born Ellis Reynolds, she came to Utah Territory in 1852. Her family were among the early Mormon pioneer settlers of Pleasant Grove, Utah. In 1866, Ellis Reynolds married Milford Shipp. Ship had a total of ten children, only six of whom survived infancy. [ [http://www.onlineutah.com/historyshipp.shtml History of Ellis Reynolds Shipp ] ]

Ship began studying at the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1875 leaving her children behind in Utah Territory in the care of her husband's other wives.

Shipp wrote the words to "Father, Cheer Our Souls Tonight" which is in the 1985 English edition of the LDS hymnbook.

Honors

A neighborhood park in Salt Lake City, Utah was named in her honor a few blocks from where she lived and practiced medicine. [ [http://history.utah.gov/apps/markers/detailed_results.php?markerid=2126 Ellis Reynolds Shipp Park] ] A public health center in West Valley, Utah was also named in her honor. [ [http://health.utah.gov/hflcra/facinfo/facinfo.php?FACID=UT46D0911658 Ellis Reynolds Shipp Public Health Center] ] One of the halls in Heritage Halls at Brigham Young University in named in her honor.

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