Evelyn Groesbeeck Mitchell

Evelyn Groesbeeck Mitchell
Born1879 Edit this on Wikidata
DiedOctober 31, 1964
Alma mater
OccupationEntomologist, physician, social reformer, scientific illustrator, writer, teacher, surgeon Edit this on Wikidata
Employer
  • United States National Museum Edit this on Wikidata

Evelyn Groesbeeck Mitchell (June 14, 1879 – October 31, 1964) was an American entomologist and physician.

Life

Evelyn Groesbeeck Mitchell was born on June 14, 1879, in East Orange, New Jersey.[1] She attended and graduated from East Orange High School.[1] In 1898 she started attending Cornell University.[1][2][3] She attended Barnard College for her second year but returned to Cornell the following year and graduated in 1902 with a bachelor's degree.[1][2][3] She went to study at George Washington University in 1904 and graduated with a Master of Science degree in 1906.[2][3] During her studies at George Washington University, she was assistant to Dr. James William Dupree, the Surgeon General of Louisiana at the time.[2] From 1904 to 1912, she was a scientific illustrator at the United States National Museum.[2][3] She was also a member of the Entomological Society of America.[4]

In 1913, she earned a M.D. from Howard University College of Medicine.[5][3] From 1913 to 1914 she was an intern at a Women's hospital in Philadelphia and form 1914 onward she was a practicing physician.[3] She worked as a doctor in Pennsylvania during the 1918 flu epidemic.[2] She was also a visiting neurologist at Freedman's Hospital beginning in 1915.[3] She was superintendent at Park Hospital, and Boston City Hospital.[3]

Aside from working as a physician, Mitchell also taught at universities and volunteered summer schools for African American students.[2][6] Additionally, she testified in court to support women who had been assaulted and held a discussion group with prisoners in Norfolk County, Massachusetts.[2]

Evelyn died October 31, 1964.[7]

Works

  • Mosquito Life New York, G. P. Putnams sons, 1907; reprint Wentworth Press 2019, ISBN 978-0469146983[8]
  • Descriptions of Nine New Species of Gnats Journal of the New York Entomological Society, Vol. 16, No. 1 (Mar., 1908), pp. 7–14 (8 pages)
  • AN APPARENTLY NEW PROTOBLATTED FAMILY FROM THE LOWER CRETACEOUS

References

  1. ^ a b c d Harmon, Dr Elizabeth (2020-06-02). "A Portrait of a Scientist". Smithsonian Institution Archives. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Harmon, Elizabeth (2020-04-07). "Dr. Evelyn G. Mitchell". Smithsonian Institution Archives. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Ogilvie, M.; Harvey, J. (2003). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives From Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century. Taylor & Francis. p. 22. ISBN 978-1-135-96343-9. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
  4. ^ "Membership of the Society". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 1 (1): 7–20. 1908-03-01. doi:10.1093/aesa/1.1.7. ISSN 1938-2901.
  5. ^ "American men of science : a biographical directory. 3rd 1921". HathiTrust. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  6. ^ "National American Woman Suffrage Association Records: General Correspondence, 1839-1961; Mitchell, Evelyn". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
  7. ^ The Boston Globe, Boston, Massachusetts, November 2, 1964, page 22.
  8. ^ The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. American periodical series. J.B. Lippincott, Company. 1908. p. 125. Retrieved 2020-06-26.