Frances Fisher Wood

Frances Fisher Wood
Born(1852-09-22)September 22, 1852
Waltham, Massachusetts
DiedAugust 30, 1938(1938-08-30) (aged 85)
Bedford, Pennsylvania
Occupation(s)Educational reformer and scientist

Frances Fisher Wood (September 22, 1852, Waltham, Massachusetts - August 30, 1938, Bedford, Pennsylvania, sometimes styled Mrs. William Benjamin Wood)[1][2] was an educator, lecturer, and scientist.

A graduate of Vassar College, Frances Fisher Wood supported women's suffrage and education. She was a teacher and principal at what later became the Hathaway Brown School for Girls in Cleveland, Ohio; lectured and published a book on the scientific upbringing of infants and children (Infancy and Childhood, 1897); developed the first commercial business in the United States for the sterilization of milk for infants; and was a founder and one of the original trustees of Barnard College for women.

  1. ^ Holmes, Clay W., ed. (1901). Genealogy of the Lineal Descendants of William Wood: Who Settled in Concord Mass., in 1638; Containing Also Revolutionary and Other Records. Elmira, NY: C.W. Holmes. pp. 195–196. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Necrology". Vassar Quarterly. Vol. XXIV, no. 1. 1 October 1938. Retrieved 13 July 2020.