Elizabeth Blackwell is 29. The year is 1736. Her husband is in debtor’s prison, she has a smal

Elizabeth Blackwell is 29. The year is 1736. Her husband is in debtor’s prison, she has a small child to feed, and so she turns desperation into inspiration, she learns botany, and she paints a pioneering encyclopedia of medicinal plants – including (for International Coffee Day today) coffee, as well as the tomato, then known as “love apple.” See them all here.