Clemence S. Lozier
Clemence S. Lozier | |
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Born | Clemence Harned December 11, 1813 |
Died | April 26, 1888 New York City | (aged 74)
Resting place | Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn |
Alma mater | Syracuse Medical College (1853) |
Spouse(s) | Abraham Witton Lozier (c. 1829 — died 1837), John Baker (1844 — divorced 1861)[2][3] |
Children | Abraham Witton Lozier Jr. |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Homeopathy, 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
- ^ Wilson, James Grant; Fiske, John (1888). Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Gale Research Company. p. 48.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Lozier, Clemence Sophia Harned". Encyclopedia of World Biography. 2005. Retrieved 7 June 2014.