Lucy Creemer Peckham

Dr.
Lucy Creemer Peckham
B&W portrait photo of a woman with her hair in an up-do, wearing a dark high-collared blouse.
Portrait photo from A Woman of the Century
Born
Lucy Gore

March 27, 1842
Milford, Connecticut, U.S.
DiedAugust 21, 1923 (aged 81)
New Haven, Connecticut
Education
Spouses
  • Charles N. Creemer
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    (m. 1865; died 1878)​
  • John A. Peckham
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    (m. 1889; died 1905)​
Medical career
Profession
  • nurse (1880–82)
  • physician (1885–1923)
  • poet
InstitutionsHouse of Mercy hospital
Notable worksSea Moss, 1891
Signature

Dr. Lucy Creemer Peckham (née, Gore; after first marriage, Creemer; after second marriage, Peckham; 1842–1923) was an American nurse, physician, and poet.[1][2] She was a pioneer of women in medical practice in Connecticut.[3]

  1. ^ Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). "PECKHAM, Mrs. Lucy Creemer". A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life. Charles Wells Moulton. pp. 563–64. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ King, I. Arthur (July 1892). Moulton, Charles Wells (ed.). "Lucy Creemer Peckham". The Magazine of Poetry and Literary Review. Vol. 4, no. 3. C. W. Moulton. pp. 262–64. Retrieved 24 February 2024. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference NewBritainHerald1923 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).