Rosetta Luce Gilchrist
Rosetta Luce Gilchrist (, Luce; April 11, 1850February 17, 1921) was an American physician, author, novelist, poet, and correspondent. She served as president of the Ashtabula Equal Rights Club. Gilchrist died in 1921. Biography. Rosetta Luce was born in Kingsville, Ashtabula County, Ohio, April 11, 1850. In youth, she was a student in the Kingsville, or Rexville, Academy. She graduated from Oberlin College in 1870. In 1890, she graduated from the Cleveland Homeopathic Medical College. Gilchrist was a successful teacher in the Cleveland public schools. After graduating from medical school, she gained a lucrative practice in the medical  profession. Though she gave little attention to literature, her chief talent lay in that direction. Her early work, "Apples of Sodom", was a piece of anti-Mormon fiction. Other publications included "Margaret's Sacrifice", "Thistledew Papers", and numerous poems. Gilchrist served as a correspondent for various newspapers. She was a member of the National Woman's Press Association and the Cleveland Woman's Press Association and president of the Ashtabula Equal Rights Club. Gilchrist was a talented artist, having done some excellent work in oils, wholly without instruction. She had a family of three children, including a daughter, Jessamine. Rosetta