Graceanna Lewis letter fragment

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Date created 1883-1885
Creator Lewis, Graceanna, 1821-1912
Description

Graceanna Lewis describes a school, likely the Foster School for Girls where she taught from 1883-1885, and writes about the books she has been studying. She describes how she came across algae and conducted experiments with it. She has an upcoming meeting planned with Dr. Adele Amelia Gleason and mentions her mother, Rachel Gleason, the fourth woman to earn a medical degree in the United States.

Size 2 pages
Type Text
Subjects Botany | Books and reading | Women in education | Microscopes | Bible
Geographical location Philadelphia (Pa.)
Language English
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Local identifier A00180211
Collection

Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, SFHL-RG5-087 (explore contents)

Contributing institution Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
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