Ellis Reynolds Shipp

Ellis Reynolds Shipp
Short Name: Ellis Reynolds Shipp
Full Name: Shipp, Ellis Reynolds, 1847-1939
Birth Year: 1847
Death Year: 1939

Ellis Reynolds Shipp MD (January 20, 1847 – January 31, 1939) was an American doctor and 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. In her 50-year medical career, she led the School of Nursing and Obstetrics to train more than 500 women as licensed midwives.


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