Historical records matching Ellis Reynolds Shipp
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About Ellis Reynolds Shipp
Wikipedia Biographical Summary:
"...Ellis Reynolds Shipp (January 20, 1847 – January 31, 1939) was one of the first female doctors in Utah. She founded The School of Nursing and Obstetrics in 1879, and was on the board of the Deseret Hospital Association. She 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 5,000 babies—and led the School of Nursing and Obstetrics in training five hundred women who became licensed midwives..."
"...Born Ellis Reynolds, she came with her family to Utah Territory in 1852. Her family was among the early Mormon pioneer settlers of Pleasant Grove, Utah. In 1866, Ellis Reynolds married Milford Shipp. She bore a total of ten children, six of whom survived infancy..."
"...Shipp 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. Brigham Young sponsored her education in the Eastern United States and she later did further medical studies at the University of Michigan.
Shipp wrote the words to "Father, Cheer Our Souls Tonight" which is in the 1985 English edition of the LDS hymnbook. In 1910, she published a book of her own poems entitled Life Lines.
Ellis Reynolds Shipp served as a member of the Relief Society General Board from 1898 to 1907. She also served on the general board of the Young Women. Both the Relief Society and the Young Women are organizations of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints..."
SOURCE: Wikipedia contributors, 'Ellis Reynolds Shipp', Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 8 May 2012, 20:31 UTC, <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ellis_Reynolds_Shipp&oldi...> [accessed 24 May 2012]
Other Facts
- Ellis is the second-great-grandmother of famed actor Amy Adams.
- After arriving in Utah in 1852, five-year-old Ellis' intellect caught the attention of Brigham Young at the Beehive House. Young personally arranged for Karl G. Maeser to tutor her.
- In Utah, she lived mainly with her grandparents.
- Ellis was able to go to medical school in Philadelphia because one of her sister-wives, Margaret Curtis, had returned home from there without completing her studies, leaving an open seat in the program.
- Ellis paid her expenses in Philadelphia by sewing and "guarding the hall of cadavers at night."
- She attended the University of Michigan's medical school after leaving Philadelphia.
- She is the namesake of the Dr. Ellis Reynolds Shipp Park on 4th Avenue in Salt Lake City. It features a plaque and picture in her honor.
- She is also the namesake of a Salt Lake City health clinic and a dorm at Brigham Young University.
- In addition to teaching obstetrics in Utah, she also taught in Canada, Mexico, Colorado, and Nevada.
Other Resources
- Arrington, Leonard J. and Susan Arrington Madsen. Sunbonnet Sisters: True Stories of Mormon Women and Frontier Life (1984).
- Casterline, Gail Farr. "Ellis R. Shipp," in Vicky Burgess-Olsen, Sister Saints (1978).
- Shipp, Ellis Reynolds. While Others Slept: Autobiography and Journal of Ellis Reynolds Shipp, M.D. (1985).
- "Poets of the Restoration: Ellis Reynolds Shipp." Video from a Mormon Channel series.
Dr.Shipp studied at the University of Pennsylvania. She trained nurses and midwives in Utah. Her parents were William Fletcher Reynolds and Anna Hawley Reynolds.
- Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Apr 28 2021, 19:21:47 UTC
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Ellis Reynolds Shipp's Timeline
| 1847 |
January 20, 1847
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Davis County, Iowa, United States
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| 1867 |
February 24, 1867
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Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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| 1869 |
May 27, 1869
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Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
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| 1877 |
May 25, 1877
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Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States
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| 1879 |
July 24, 1879
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Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
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| 1889 |
September 9, 1889
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Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
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| 1939 |
January 31, 1939
Age 92
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At home, 1320 Michigan Avenue, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
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February 5, 1939
Age 92
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Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
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University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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