Anna E (Ross) Lapham (1868 - 1953)

Born 29 Apr 1868 in Hancock County, Illinois, United States

Wife of Allen W Lapham — married 15 Jun 1892 in Knox, Illinois, United States

Died 31 Mar 1953 at age 84 in Chicago, Cook COunty, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Anna (Ross) Lapham is Notable.

Dr. Anna Ross Lapham was the first female professor at Northwestern’s medical school in 1919. The "Anna Lapham Professorship in Obstetrics and Gynecology" was named in her honor.

Anna E. Ross married Allen W. Lapham (mistranscribed 'Lopham') 15 Jun 1892 in Knox, Illinois. He was 30 the son of Edward Lapham & Janette Mosier(sic). She was 24 the daughter of William C. Ross & Mary C. Cyrus. ^[1]

"Anna Ross Lapham, MD; School of Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, 1919-1953"

"Dr. Anna Ross Lapham was the first female professor on faculty at Northwestern’s medical school. After she obtained her MD degree from Northwestern in 1898, Dr. Lapham joined the faculty in 1919 as a professor of obstetrics. During her time at the university she also served as the Dean of Women at the medical school. Upon her death in 1953, Dr. Lapham named the university in her will and left a sizeable gift of $100,000 to the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology to fund research and scholarships. At the Northwestern University Medical School the Anna Lapham Professorship in Obstetrics and Gynecology was named in her honor"^[2]

Dr Anna Ross Lapham was born 29 Apr 1868 in Hancock County, Illinois and died 31 Mar 1953 (aged 84) in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois... She was buried in the Oak Woods Cemetery in Chicago.

There is an extensive entry, apparently from her death record that gives her birthplace as Illinois, her parents as William C Ross & Mary Cyrus. It states she was a Physician and a widow.

Findagrave provides links to her father:

William O. Ross 1837–1879

a sister:

Dora Ross 1878 - 1880

and her husband:

Allen W Lapham 1862–1894 (m. 1892).^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2PL-K7D : 13 January 2020), Edward Lapham in entry for Allen W. Lopham, 1892 see also "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9G-NQG2 : 19 February 2021), A W Lapham and Anna E Ross, 15 Jun 1892; citing Knox, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,404,970.)
2. ↑ Northwestern University, "150 YEARS OF WOMEN, HIDDEN NO MORE" https://www.northwestern.edu/hidden-no-more/faculty-profiles/anna-ross-lapham.html
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images accessed 07 February 2024, memorial page for Dr Anna Ross Lapham (29 Apr 1868–31 Mar 1953), Find A Grave: Memorial #112203261, citing Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by klast (contributor 50020942).