1864–1948

Introduction

Born: 1864, Wash­ing­ton, DC.

Died: February 28, 1948.

Buried: West Laur­el Hill Ce­me­te­ry, Ba­la Cyn­wyd, Penn­syl­van­ia.

Biography

Anna was the daugh­ter of Pres­by­ter­ian min­is­ter Will­iam Y. Brown and Flo­ra Ro­bert­son, and wife of Sam­uel Mc­Cune Lind­say (mar­ried 1896).

She was edu­cat­ed at Well­es­ley Col­lege, Mas­sa­chu­setts; Ox­ford Uni­ver­si­ty, Eng­land; and the Uni­ver­si­ty of Penn­syl­van­ia, Phi­la­del­phia (where in 1892 she be­came the first wo­man to earn a doc­tor­ate).

She lat­er served as a pro­fes­sor at Well­es­ley, and a trus­tee of the col­lege (1906–18).

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