Dorothea Rhodes Lummis Moore
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Dorothea Rhodes Lummis Moore (née, Rhodes; after first marriage, Lummis; after second marriage, Moore; November 9, 1857 – March 4, 1942) was an American physician, writer, newspaper editor, and activist. Although a successful student of music in the New England Conservatory of Music, in Boston, she entered the medical school of Boston University in 1881, and graduated with honors in 1884. In 1880, she married Charles Fletcher Lummis, and in 1885, moved to Los Angeles, California, where she began practicing medicine. She worked as dramatic editor, musical editor, and critic at the Los Angeles Times . She was instrumental in the formation of a humane society which was brought about through her observations of the neglect and cruelty to the children of the poor, and Mexican families, visited in her practice; and the establishment of the California system of juvenile courts.
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9 November 1857 Chillicothe, Ohio, U.S.
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4 March 1942 (aged 84) California, U.S.
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| Zodiac | Scorpio |
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