Eliza Maria Mosher | |
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Born | Cayuga County, New York, U.S. | October 2, 1846
Died | October 16, 1928 Murray Hill, Manhattan, New York, U.S. | (aged 82)
Education | University of Michigan |
Occupation(s) | Physician, inventor, medical writer |
Medical career | |
Field | medicine |
Institutions | New England Hospital for Women and Children |
Research | Educational focus on physical fitness and health maintenance |
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Eliza Maria Mosher (October 2, 1846 – October 16, 1928) was a United States physician, inventor, medical writer, and educator whose wide-ranging medical career included an educational focus on physical fitness and health maintenance. She was the first Dean of Women at the University of Michigan, and the first woman professor to be recognized by the university.