Emeline Horton Cleveland

Emeline Horton Cleveland (born Sept. 22, 1829, Ashford, Conn., U.S.—died Dec. 8, 1878, Philadelphia, Pa.) was an American physician and college professor, widely respected among her male colleagues and a strong force for professional opportunity and education for women in medicine. Emeline Horton grew up in Madison county, New York. She worked as a teacher until she could afford to enroll at Oberlin (Ohio) College, from which she graduated in 1853. She then entered the...