Harriot Kezia Hunt
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Harriot Kezia Hunt
Description
Harriot Kezia Hunt (1805-1875) was a medical practitioner who trained under Dr. Richard Dixon and Elizabeth Mott. She opened her own medical consulting room in Boston in 1835 without a diploma. She applied to Harvard Medical School for the first time in 1847, and was denied admission twice. She was given permission to attend lectures, but protesting students blocked her from attending.
This photomechanical is from the Massachusetts Historical Society, and found in Portraits of American Abolitionists. It is posted with permission.
This photomechanical is from the Massachusetts Historical Society, and found in Portraits of American Abolitionists. It is posted with permission.
Source
Harriot K. Hunt. Portraits of American Abolitionists, Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston. In MHS Collections Online: Harriot K. Hunt.
http://www.masshist.org/database/1199.
http://www.masshist.org/database/1199.
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Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, Massachusetts
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“Harriot Kezia Hunt,” OnView, accessed May 4, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/17991.