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FOWLER, Lydia Folger (1823-1879)

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Born: 1823

Died: 1879

Editorial Description

wife of L. N. FOWLER; born in Nantucket, the daughter of a manufacturer and ship owner; second American woman to obtain a medical degree in the USA (from the [Eclectic] Med Coll in Syracuse) and became the first woman prof of obstetrics; also wrote on astronomy and household management; worked in London, 1863 to death. (MEB; HUMAN NATURE, 1 [Apr 1867] 51-2.)

Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)

424.1 — 424.1 Familiar Lessons of Phrenology, designed for the use of children and youth. 11th ed., London: L. N. FOWLER, 1889. Pp. 62. 1st edn, 1847.

Editorial Information

Identifier	424.
Type	Person
Source	Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page	145
Printed page	140
Database ID	1344

Original Transcription

424. FOWLER, Lydia Folger (1823-79), wife of L. N. FOWLER; born
in Nantucket, the daughter of a manufacturer and ship owner; second American woman to obtain a medical degree in the USA (from the
[Eclectic] Med Coll in Syracuse) and became the first woman prof of
obstetrics; also wrote on astronomy and household management;
worked in London, 1863 to death. (MEB; HUMAN NATURE, 1 [Apr
1867] 51-2.)