Rosetta Luce Gilchrist

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Rosetta Luce Gilchrist
"A Woman of the Century"
BornRosetta Luce
April 11, 1850
Kingsville, Ashtabula County, Ohio, U.S.
DiedFebruary 17, 1921(1921-02-17) (aged 70)
Resting placeLulu Falls Cemetery, Kingsville
Occupation
  • physician
  • author
  • poet
Alma mater
Notable works
  • Apples of sodom
  • Tibby: A Novel Dealing with Psychic Forces and Telepathy
SpouseMr. Gilchrist

Rosetta Luce Gilchrist (née, Luce; April 11, 1850 – February 17, 1921) was an American physician, author, novelist, poet, and correspondent. She served as president of the Ashtabula Equal Rights Club. Gilchrist died in 1921.

Biography

Rosetta Luce was born in Kingsville, Ashtabula County, Ohio, April 11, 1850.[1] In youth, she was a student in the Kingsville, or Rexville, Academy. She graduated from Oberlin College in 1870.[2] In 1890, she graduated from the Cleveland Homeopathic Medical College.[3][4]

Gilchrist was a successful teacher in the Cleveland public schools. After graduating from medical school, she gained a lucrative practice in the medical profession. Though she gave little attention to literature, her chief talent lay in that direction. Her early work, Apples of Sodom, was a piece of anti-Mormon fiction.[5] Other publications included Margaret's Sacrifice, Thistledew Papers, and numerous poems.[3] Gilchrist served as a correspondent for various newspapers.[6] She was a member of the National Woman's Press Association and the Cleveland Woman's Press Association and president of the Ashtabula Equal Rights Club.[3]

Gilchrist was a talented artist, having done some excellent work in oils, wholly without instruction.[3] She had a family of three children,[3] including a daughter, Jessamine.[7]

Rosetta Luce Gilchrist died February 17, 1921.[1]

Selected works

  • Apples of Sodom, A Story of Mormon Life., 1883
  • Tibby: A Novel Dealing with Psychic Forces and Telepathy, 1904
  • Margaret's Sacrifice
  • Thistledew Papers

References

  1. ^ a b "Rosetta Luce 11 April 1850 – 17 February 1921 • L4ZK-HFK". ident.familysearch.org. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  2. ^ Oberlin College 1868, p. 48.
  3. ^ a b c d e Willard & Livermore 1893, p. 319.
  4. ^ The Cleveland Homeopathic Medical College 1900, p. 21.
  5. ^ Hunter, J. Michael (5 December 2012). Mormons and Popular Culture: The Global Influence of an American Phenomenon [2 volumes]: The Global Influence of an American Phenomenon. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-0-313-39168-2. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  6. ^ Derr, Jill Mulvay; Cannon, Janath Russell; Beecher, Maureen Ursenbach (1992). Women of Covenant: The Story of Relief Society. Deseret Book Company. p. 140. ISBN 978-0-87579-593-5. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  7. ^ Gilchrist, Rosetta Luce (1904). Tibby: A Novel Dealing with Psychic Forces and Telepathy. Neale Publishing Company. p. 5. Retrieved 29 January 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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