Salome Merritt
Salome Merritt | |
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.jpg) Merritt, from a 1904 publication | |
| Born | February 22, 1843 Templeton, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | November 7, 1900 (aged 57) |
| Education | New York Free Medical College for Women |
| Occupations | Physician, suffragist |
Salome Merritt (February 22, 1843 - November 7, 1900) was an American physician and suffragist. She practiced medicine in Boston and was active in women's health, suffrage, and public-school organizations.[1]
Life and career
[edit]Merritt was born in Templeton, Massachusetts. She studied medicine at the New England Female Medical College and graduated from the New York Free Medical College for Women in 1874. After teaching anatomy in New York, she moved to Boston and established a medical practice at 59 Hancock Street on Beacon Hill.[2][3]
Merritt served as president of the Ladies' Physiological Institute of Boston and was active in the Massachusetts women's suffrage movement.[1] She was elected president of the National Woman Suffrage Association of Massachusetts in 1893.[4]
Merritt also worked to elect women to the Boston School Committee. In 1889, she became president of the Citizens' Public School Union.[2][3]
She moved to Somerville in 1896 and died there on November 7, 1900, at age 57.[5]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Halperin, Jaydie. "Salome Merritt: Suffragist and Doctor of Beacon Hill". The West End Museum. Retrieved August 9, 2026.
- 1 2 Graves, Mary H. (1904). "Salome Merritt". In Howe, Julia Ward (ed.). Representative Women of New England. Boston: New England Historical Publishing Company. Retrieved August 9, 2026 – via Wikisource.
- 1 2 "Office of Salome Merritt". Boston Women's Heritage Trail. Retrieved August 9, 2026.
- ↑ Anthony, Susan B.; Harper, Ida Husted, eds. (1902). "Massachusetts". History of Woman Suffrage. Vol. 4. Retrieved August 9, 2026 – via Wikisource.
- ↑ "In Memoriam". The Woman's Journal. November 10, 1900. p. 357. Retrieved August 9, 2026 – via Internet Archive.
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