Lilian C. Streeter (b. Carpenter) (1854-1935) was born in Bath, New Hampshire, and died in Concord, New Hampshire. She was educated at St. Johnsbury Academy in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Her father was Alonzo P. Carpenter, chief justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court, and in 1877 she married one of his law students, Frank S. Streeter, in Bath. Streeter was the founder and first president of the Concord Woman's Club and served as a trustee of the Margaret Pillsbury General Hospital (now Concord Hospital). She was secretary of the Concord District Nursing Association from its organization in 1899 until 1909 and was president from 1909 to 1913, thereafter becoming honorary president.
At the call of President Theodore Roosevelt, she was a representative from New Hampshire at the White House Conference on Children and Youth in January 1909. Additionally, Streeter was involved in social, educational, and philanthropic work, serving on multiple state and local charitable boards, including as founder and vice-president of the Concord Charity Organization from 1903 to 1910; secretary of the New Hampshire State Board of Charities and Correction from 1899 to 1901 and as chair from 1901 to 1911; and as chair of New Hampshire Children's Commission from 1913 to 1915. At the National Conference of Charities and Correction, held in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1915, she gave a paper entitled, "The Relation of Mental Defect to the Neglected, Dependent, and Delinquent Children of New Hampshire," and was the first woman to give a paper of this kind at a national conference.
Her husband was employed by Mary Baker Eddy to manage her legal defense and public relations at various times between 1890 and 1910, including the Josephine C. Woodbury libel suit brought against Eddy in 1899 and the well publicized Next Friends suit of 1907. By 1907 he was also counsel for the trustees to whom Eddy had conveyed all her property. The Streeters were members of the Unitarian church, where Lilian taught Sunday school. She was a member of many organizations, including the Daughters of the American Revolution, the American Academy of Political and Social Science, the National Organization for Public Health Nursing, and she belonged to several clubs, including the Shakespeare and Mayflower clubs, as well as the Friendly society.
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Lilian C. Streeter (b. Carpenter) (1854-1935) was born in Bath, New Hampshire, and died in Concord, New Hampshire. She was educated at St. Johnsbury Academy in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Her father was Alonzo P. Carpenter, chief justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court, and in 1877 she married one of his law students, Frank S. Streeter, in Bath. Streeter was the founder and first president of the Concord Woman's Club and served as a trustee of the Margaret Pillsbury General Hospital (now Concord Hospital). She was secretary of the Concord District Nursing Association from its organization in 1899 until 1909 and was president from 1909 to 1913, thereafter becoming honorary president.
At the call of President Theodore Roosevelt, she was a representative from New Hampshire at the White House Conference on Children and Youth in January 1909. Additionally, Streeter was involved in social, educational, and philanthropic work, serving on multiple state and local charitable boards, including as founder and vice-president of the Concord Charity Organization from 1903 to 1910; secretary of the New Hampshire State Board of Charities and Correction from 1899 to 1901 and as chair from 1901 to 1911; and as chair of New Hampshire Children's Commission from 1913 to 1915. At the National Conference of Charities and Correction, held in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1915, she gave a paper entitled, "The Relation of Mental Defect to the Neglected, Dependent, and Delinquent Children of New Hampshire," and was the first woman to give a paper of this kind at a national conference.
Her husband was employed by Mary Baker Eddy to manage her legal defense and public relations at various times between 1890 and 1910, including the Josephine C. Woodbury libel suit brought against Eddy in 1899 and the well publicized Next Friends suit of 1907. By 1907 he was also counsel for the trustees to whom Eddy had conveyed all her property. The Streeters were members of the Unitarian church, where Lilian taught Sunday school. She was a member of many organizations, including the Daughters of the American Revolution, the American Academy of Political and Social Science, the National Organization for Public Health Nursing, and she belonged to several clubs, including the Shakespeare and Mayflower clubs, as well as the Friendly society.
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