About Hannah Amelia Wright
Lived 1836 – 1924 (aged 87–88). Hannah Amelia Wright was an American psychiatrist and gynecologist.
Hannah Amelia Wright (1836–1924) was an American physician, and the first female doctor to be appointed as an examiner in a state asylum.
Early life and family
Hannah Amelia Wright was born in New York City on August 18, 1836. She was the daughter of engraver and medalist Charles Cushing Wright (1796–1854) and Lavinia Delliber (died July 6, 1860), a Huguenot from Charleston, South Carolina.
Hannah received her education at home. Until her thirteenth year, she lived in Louisiana but returned to New York in 1849.
Personal life Wright died in 1924 and is buried at Warwick Cemetery, Warwick, New York.
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American physician
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Hannah Amelia Wright was born on 18 August 1836 in New York City.
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Hannah Amelia Wright died in 1924.
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Hannah Amelia Wright was a psychiatrist and gynecologist.
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