SEVERANCE, Mrs. Juliet H.

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Dr. Juliet H. Severance was born in Nantucket, Massachusetts, on July 1, 1833 and grew up in De Ruyter, New York. Juliet attended the De Ruyter Seminary. She taught in New York as a young woman before studying with physicians and becoming a doctor. 

Juliet married J. Dwight Stillman in 1852 and became the mother of three children.  By 1871, she resided in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with her second husband, Anson Bigelow Severance, and her children.

Juliet practiced medicine in DeWitt, Iowa, Whiteaer, Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Chicago, Illinois., and New York, New York.  In addition to her medical practice, Juliet was very involved with the American Secular Union. Mattie A. Freeman was involved with that organization at the same time. Her personal network also included Lucretia Mott, who was her father's cousin, and Elizur Wright.

Juliet was a frequent public speaker on topics such as "the condition of workingwomen."

She passed away in New York, New York on September 2, 1919.

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