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Description
Julia S. Quinby (Quimby) graduated from Westbrook Seminary in 1863. She was one of two students who were the first to receive "Lady of Liberal Learning" degrees bestowed by Westbrook Seminary and Female Collegiate Institute. For the next three years, Miss Quinby (Quimby) was a member of the Board of Instruction at Westbrook Seminary and Female Collegiate Institute, teaching French, Latin and English. In 1871 Julia Quinby (Quimby) married a Portland Physician, Dr. John F. Boothby, and moved to Massachusetts.
Media
Carte de visite photograph
Size of Original
2 1/2 inches x 4 inches
People
Julia S. Quinby (Quimby)
Notes
See also Maine Memory Network: Westbrook Seminary Educating Women: Julia S. Quinby, Class of 1863 https://www.mainememory.net/sitebuilder/site/779/slideshow/423/display?use_mmn=1&prev_object_id=1188&prev_object=page
Preferred Citation
"Julia S. Quinby (Quimby), Westbrook Seminary, Class of 1863" (ca. 1865). University of New England, Westbrook College History Collection. https://dune.une.edu/wchc_photos_students1860s/11
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Date
ca. 1865