Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz

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Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz (Cary)

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Birthplace: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Death: June 27, 1907 (84)
Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Place of Burial: Bellwort Path, Lot 2640, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Thomas Greaves Cary and Mary Ann Cushing Cary
Wife of Louis Agassiz
Sister of Mary Louisa Felton; Thomas Graves Cary, Jr.; Caroline Curtis; Sarah Gray Cary; Emma Forbes Cary and 1 other

Managed by: Erica Howton
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About Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz

Elizabeth Cabot Cary, the second wife of Louis Agassiz became the first president of Radcliffe College.
She served as president of Radcliffe College from 1882 to 1899.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/when-women-werent-allowed...


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Cabot_Agassiz

Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz (née Cary) (December 5, 1822 – June 27, 1907) was an American educator, and the co-founder and first president of Radcliffe College. A researcher of natural history, she was a contributing author to many scientific published works with her husband, Louis Agassiz.

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Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz's Timeline

1822
December 5, 1822
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
1907
June 27, 1907
Age 84
Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
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Mount Auburn Cemetery, Bellwort Path, Lot 2640, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States