Elmina M. Roys Gavitt
Elmina M. Roys-Gavitt (1828-1898) was born in Fletcher, Vermont, and died
in Boston, Massachusetts. She graduated from the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania
in 1867 and was the first known practicing female physician in Toledo, Ohio. She was the
founder and editor of Woman's Medical Journal (1893-98), which
later became the Medical Woman's Journal. Although she
expressed an interest in Christian Science, there is no record of her studying with Mary
Baker Eddy or uniting with the Church of Christ (Scientist).
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Elmina M. Roys Gavitt
Elmina M. Roys-Gavitt (1828-1898) was born in Fletcher, Vermont, and died
in Boston, Massachusetts. She graduated from the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania
in 1867 and was the first known practicing female physician in Toledo, Ohio. She was the
founder and editor of Woman's Medical Journal (1893-98), which
later became the Medical Woman's Journal. Although she
expressed an interest in Christian Science, there is no record of her studying with Mary
Baker Eddy or uniting with the Church of Christ (Scientist).
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