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Physician Seraph Frissell was born in Peru, Massachusetts on August 20, 1840. She attended Mount Holyoke Seminary, while also teaching, and graduated in 1869. Seraph continued teaching until 1872, when she began her medical training at the University of Michigan. Seraph interned at the New England Hospital for Women and Children in 1874 and graduated from the University of Michigan the next year.
After attending lectures in New York City and practicing in Boston, Seraph began her Pittsfield, Massachusetts practice in 1876. In 1885, when she moved to Springfield, Massachusetts, Dr. Frissell became the first female member of the Hampden Medical Society and a Fellow of the Massachusetts Medical Society. She doubled her work during the 1890-1891 academic year, serving as a physician and lecturer at her alma mater, Mount Holyoke, while continuing her Springfield practice.
A Congregationalist, Seraph was a member of the South Congregational Church in Pittsfield until she joined the First Church of Christ in Springfield on May 3, 1885. Interested in missionary endeavors, she was involved with the Woman's Board of Missions.
Also a supporter of the temperance cause, Seraph served as President, Treasurer, Secretary, and "superintendent of the department of Heredity and Health" (304) of her area's Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
Dr. Seraph Frissell passed away in 1915.
After attending lectures in New York City and practicing in Boston, Seraph began her Pittsfield, Massachusetts practice in 1876. In 1885, when she moved to Springfield, Massachusetts, Dr. Frissell became the first female member of the Hampden Medical Society and a Fellow of the Massachusetts Medical Society. She doubled her work during the 1890-1891 academic year, serving as a physician and lecturer at her alma mater, Mount Holyoke, while continuing her Springfield practice.
A Congregationalist, Seraph was a member of the South Congregational Church in Pittsfield until she joined the First Church of Christ in Springfield on May 3, 1885. Interested in missionary endeavors, she was involved with the Woman's Board of Missions.
Also a supporter of the temperance cause, Seraph served as President, Treasurer, Secretary, and "superintendent of the department of Heredity and Health" (304) of her area's Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
Dr. Seraph Frissell passed away in 1915.
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Massachusetts Medical Society. Triennial Catalog and Directory of the Massachusetts Medical Society. 1890. Boston: David Clapp & Son Printers, 1890, p. 19 and 64.
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Smith, Sophia and Charles S. Smith, comp. Genealogical records of the descendants of David Mack to 1879. Rutland, VT: Tuttle & Company, Printers, 1879, p. 40.
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Quinquennial Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass. 1837-1895. Mount Holyoke College, 1895, p. 12 and 111.
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New England Hospital for Women and Children and its Training School for Nurses. Annual Report for the year ending September 30, 1902, Boston: Press of Geo. H. Ellis Co., 1902, p. 43.
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Massachusetts Medical Society. Triennial Catalog and Directory of the Massachusetts Medical Society. 1890. Boston: David Clapp & Son Printers, 1890, p. 19 and 64.
In Haithi Trust
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Smith, Sophia and Charles S. Smith, comp. Genealogical records of the descendants of David Mack to 1879. Rutland, VT: Tuttle & Company, Printers, 1879, p. 40.
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Quinquennial Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass. 1837-1895. Mount Holyoke College, 1895, p. 12 and 111.
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New England Hospital for Women and Children and its Training School for Nurses. Annual Report for the year ending September 30, 1902, Boston: Press of Geo. H. Ellis Co., 1902, p. 43.
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