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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.

Rosetta Luce Gilchrist
"A Woman of the Century"
Born	Rosetta Luce April 11, 1850 Kingsville, Ashtabula County, Ohio, U.S.
Died	February 17, 1921(1921-02-17) (aged 70)
Resting place	Lulu Falls Cemetery, Kingsville
Occupation	physician author poet
Alma mater	Oberlin College Cleveland Homeopathic Medical College
Notable works	Apples of sodom Tibby: A Novel Dealing with Psychic Forces and Telepathy
Spouse	Mr. Gilchrist

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

Bibliography

• This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: The Cleveland Homeopathic Medical College (1900). The Cleveland Homeopathic Reporter. Vol. 1–2 (Public domain ed.). The Cleveland Homeopathic Medical College.
• This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Oberlin College (1868). Catalogue of Oberlin College for the Year ... (Public domain ed.). Oberlin College.
• This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life (Public domain ed.). Moulton. ISBN 9780722217139.

External links

• Works related to Woman of the Century/Rosetta Luce Gilchrist at Wikisource
• Works by or about Rosetta Luce Gilchrist at Internet Archive

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