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University Woman Honored

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Day
10
Month
April
Year
1895
Copyright
Public Domain
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The Washington (D. C.) Times announces that Mrs. Louise Reed Stowell ïas been appointed one of the board of school trustees of the Dislrict of Colum3a, being the first woman to occupy the oosition together with another woman, Mrs. Mary Church Terrill, wlio has also just been appointed. Mrs. Stowell graduated from the University in 1876, and was immediately employed on the faculty, enjoying the distinction of being the first woman tliereon. She held the position of assistant in microscopical botany iintil goiug to Washington four years ago, when she was appointed as a specialist in the botanical división of the department of agriculture. The Washington Times says of her : "Mrs. Stowell has been associated with a numberof societies, some of them distinctively educational. She is an honorary member, and the only American woman on its rolls, of the Michigan Pharmacuetical Soeiety ; au active member, and the only American woman on its rolls, of the Koyal Microscopical Society of London ; a member of the society for extensión of University teaching ; ex-President of the National Collegiate Alutnnae Association of the District. "Mrs. Stowell was a member ot the International Council of Women, held in this city in 1888, representing "the higher education of women." Slie is the author of over one hundred papers on educational subjects, and was for seven years the editor of a scientific journal. She is also the author of a work entitled "Microscopical Diagnosis," that had a wide circulation. "Her literary produetions and attainments has received high eoinmendation from the press of the country, including Harper's Bazar, the Scientiflc American the Chicago Inter-Ocean, the Wömen of the Century, the Independent, of New York, the New York Tribune and otlier journals and publications.

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Ann Arbor Courier