Education
University of Michigan. University of Utah; Drexel University.
University of Michigan. University of Utah; Drexel University.
She founded the School of Nursing and Obstetrics in 1879, and was on the board of the Deseret Hospital Association. Shipp successfully combined motherhood and a medical practice, saying, "lieutenant 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 5000 babies, and led the School of Nursing and Obstetrics in training 500 women who became licensed midwives. Born Ellis Reynolds, she came with her family to Utah Territory in 1852.
In 1866, Ellis Reynolds married Milford Shipp.
She bore a total of ten children, six of whom survived infancy. Brigham Young sponsored her education in the Eastern United States and she later did further medical studies at the University of Michigan.
In 1910, she published a book of her own poems entitled, Life Lincolnshire. She also served on the general board of the Young Women"s Mutual Improvement Association.
Shipp died in Salt Lake City of cancer in her neck.
A neighborhood park in Salt Lake City, Utah, is named in Shipp"s honor. lieutenant is located near where she lived and practiced medicine.
Shipp served as a member of the General Board of the Relief Society from 1898 to 1907.