Anne [Ann] Preston portrait
Anne [Ann] Preston portrait

Anne [Ann] Preston portrait


Permanent ID:
13728
Image Description:
Portrait of Anne Preston.  From the Historical Society of Pennsylvania Portrait Collection [V88].  Preston was a member of the Clarkson Anti-Slavery Society.  She was also devoted to medical education for women, and attended the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania.  Preston went on to teach there and become the College's first female dean.  Under her leadership, the College trained the first African American and the first Native American woman doctors in the country.

This digital record contains two images of one full length portrait from the box labeled as: "Pratt, Em. - Price."
Format:
Photographs
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania portrait collection
Related Person or Organization:
Ann Preston, 1813-1872 (relates to)
Library of Congress Subjects:
Preston, Anne [info:lc/authorities/names/no2008079277]
Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania [info:lc/authorities/names/n50080178]
Quaker women [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85147407]