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Title
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In Memoriam - Rachel Lloyd, Ph.D.
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Date
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1900
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Transcription
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They had decided that all their instructors must be able to write a title after their names, and never having taken a degree, for the reason that up to that time no degrees were conferred upon women in this country, she was refused the position. This so piqued her that she resolved she would have her degree, and she went abroad to Zurich, Switzerland, where she studied two years longer, and received her degree of Ph.D. from the University of Zurich. One of her letters to us at this time, Christmas, 1886, is interesting and characteristic of her.
PLATTE~STRASSE 29, FLUNTERN, ZURICH. Christmas Day, '86. My dear Clem and Irene:
Your beautiful card of wild flowers, with the sweet verses, added much to my Christmas pleasure[.]
Our dinner to day was very grand for a Swiss pension. We had soup, then boiled beef with potatoes, this followed by roast turkey and salad; the dessert, apple pie and coffee. We Americans gave the landlady the turkey. From this extra dinner you can judge that our daily food is not remarkable. We tried to season the food with wit and merriment. We were at table six Americans, four Swiss, one German, and one Italian.
After dinner, Dr. Gifford, an American, brought his guitar and sang "Sweet and Low" and some other negro melodies. Then the entire party sang "America;" some sang English words, some French, and some German — they all knew the tune. Miss Mitchell gave each guest a bunch of violets and a dinner card[.] My card had on it a chemist's retort, pipette and tongs, and the words:
"Her voice was ever soft. Gentle. and low, an excellent thing in woman."
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They had decided that all their instructors must be
able to write a title after their names, and never hav-
ing taken a degree, for the reason that up to that time
no degrees were conferred upon women in this country,
she was refused the position. This so piqued her
that she resolved she would have her degree. and she
went abroad to Zurich, Switzerland, where she stu-
died two years longer, and received her degree of Ph.
D. from the University of Zurich. One of her let-
ters to us at this time, Christmas, 1886, is interesting
and characteristic of her.
PLATTENSTRASS!
29, FLUNTERN, ZURICH.
Christmas Day, '86,
My dear Clem and Irene:
Your beautiful card of wild flowers, with the sweet verses,
added much to my Christmas pleasure
Our dinner to day was very grand for a Swiss pension. We
had soup, then boiled beef with potatoes, this followed by roast
turkey and salad ; the dessert, apple pie and coffee. We Amer
icans gave the landlady the turkey. From this extra dinner you
can judge that our daily food is not remarkable. We tried to
season the food with wit and merriment. We were at table six
Americans, four Swiss, one German, and one Italian,
After dinner, Dr. Gifford, an American, brought his guitar
and sang ‘Sweet and Low’? and some other negro melodies.
‘Then the entire party sang “America ;’ some song English
words, some French, and some German-they all knew the
tune, Miss Mitchell gave each guest a bunch of violets and a
dinner card My card had on it a chemist’s retort, pipette and
tongs, and the words :
“ Her voice was ever soft,
le, and low, an excellent thing in woman,”
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