Marion L. Bugbee | |
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Born | September 2, 1871 Hartford, Vermont |
Died | February 3, 1950 (aged 78) Brattleboro Retreat,
White River Junction, Vermont |
Occupation | Physician |
Marion Louise (or Lewis) [1] Bugbee (September 2, 1871 – February 3, 1950) was an American physician and suffragist.
Bugbee was born in Hartford, Vermont, a daughter of Jonathan Bugbee and Ellen Adeline (Lewis) Bugbee. [2] [3] Her father was a wheelwright. [4] She attended Tilden Seminary and earned her medical degree from the Woman's Medical College of the New York Infirmary in 1897. [5] [6]
Bugbee practiced in Hartford, Vermont from 1898 to 1909. She was an anesthetist and pediatrician by specialties, [7] She succeeded Julia Wallace-Russell as physician in charge at the New Hampshire Memorial Hospital for Women and Children, [8] a post she held from 1909 to 1931. [5] She took a leave from her hospital duties to go to France with the American Red Cross during World War I. [9] She practiced in White River Junction, Vermont from 1931 until health issues including a hip fracture led to her retirement in the mid-1940s. [10]
Bugbee was an active clubwoman, [11] and a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She chaired the public health committee of the New Hampshire Federation of Women's Clubs, [12] and was a councillor of the American Medical Women's National Association. [13] She was also involved in the Concord Equal Suffrage League. [5] [14]
Bugbee lived for more than two decades with Mary Elizabeth Silver (1863–1960), who was a nurse. [17] Silver was mentioned in Bugbee's obituary as a survivor, "her constant companion for many years, both in Concord and White River". [4] Bugbee died at Brattleboro Retreat in White River Junction, Vermont in 1950, at the age of 78. [4]
Marion L. Bugbee | |
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Born | September 2, 1871 Hartford, Vermont |
Died | February 3, 1950 (aged 78) Brattleboro Retreat,
White River Junction, Vermont |
Occupation | Physician |
Marion Louise (or Lewis) [1] Bugbee (September 2, 1871 – February 3, 1950) was an American physician and suffragist.
Bugbee was born in Hartford, Vermont, a daughter of Jonathan Bugbee and Ellen Adeline (Lewis) Bugbee. [2] [3] Her father was a wheelwright. [4] She attended Tilden Seminary and earned her medical degree from the Woman's Medical College of the New York Infirmary in 1897. [5] [6]
Bugbee practiced in Hartford, Vermont from 1898 to 1909. She was an anesthetist and pediatrician by specialties, [7] She succeeded Julia Wallace-Russell as physician in charge at the New Hampshire Memorial Hospital for Women and Children, [8] a post she held from 1909 to 1931. [5] She took a leave from her hospital duties to go to France with the American Red Cross during World War I. [9] She practiced in White River Junction, Vermont from 1931 until health issues including a hip fracture led to her retirement in the mid-1940s. [10]
Bugbee was an active clubwoman, [11] and a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She chaired the public health committee of the New Hampshire Federation of Women's Clubs, [12] and was a councillor of the American Medical Women's National Association. [13] She was also involved in the Concord Equal Suffrage League. [5] [14]
Bugbee lived for more than two decades with Mary Elizabeth Silver (1863–1960), who was a nurse. [17] Silver was mentioned in Bugbee's obituary as a survivor, "her constant companion for many years, both in Concord and White River". [4] Bugbee died at Brattleboro Retreat in White River Junction, Vermont in 1950, at the age of 78. [4]