Born: 2 February 1841, United States
Died: 14 August 1909
Country most active: United States
Also known as: NA
The following is excerpted from “400 Outstanding Women of the World and the Costumology of Their Time” by Minna Moscherosch Schmidt, published in 1933.
She was the daughter of Colonel John D. and Sarah H. Stevenson. She was educated at Mt. Carroll Seminary, State Normal University, Bloomington, and Woman’s Medical College of Northwestern University. She travelled and studied extensively in Europe. Her special interest and work was with her profession in which she was one of the first women. All her energies and money were expended to teach the women of the middle and poorer class the sense of welhbeing that comes with scientific care of their own bodies and those of their families. She was an honoured member of the International Gynaecological Society, the Pan-American Medical Association, the American Medical Association, the Chicago Medical Society, the Chicago Medico-Surgical Society, President of the staff of the National Temperance Hospital, Batavia, Professor of Obstetrics in the Woman’s Medical College Northwestern University, President of the Chicago Woman’s Club, a member of the Fortnightly Club and other organizations closely associated with charitable work.