Clemence S. Lozier

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Clemence S. Lozier
Born
Clemence Harned

(1813-12-11)December 11, 1813
DiedApril 26, 1888(1888-04-26) (aged 74)
New York City
Resting placeGreen-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn
Alma materSyracuse Medical College (1853)
Spouse(s)Abraham Witton Lozier (c. 1829 — died 1837), John Baker (1844 — divorced 1861)[2][3]
ChildrenAbraham Witton Lozier Jr.
Scientific career
FieldsHomeopathy, surgery, gynecology[1]

Clemence Sophia Harned Lozier (December 11, 1813 — April 26, 1888) was an American physician who founded the New York Medical College and Hospital for Women. Dr. Lozier was also a noted feminist activist, and served as president of the New York City Suffrage League and the National Women's Suffrage Association.[2]

Dr. Lozier had one son, Abraham, who was married to Charlotte Denman Lozier, also a physician and feminist, who graduated from the same college founded by Clemence.

References

  1. ^ Wilson, James Grant; Fiske, John (1888). Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Gale Research Company. p. 48.
  2. ^ a b Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey; Harvey, Joy Dorothy (2000). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z. Taylor & Francis. pp. 808–809. ISBN 9780415920407.
  3. ^ "Lozier, Clemence Sophia Harned". Encyclopedia of World Biography. 2005. Retrieved 7 June 2014.