Mosher, Clelia Duel, 1863-1940

Clelia Duel Mosher was a physician and professor of personal hygiene at Stanford University 1893-1896, 1910-1929, and emeritus 1929-1940. She was born in 1863 in Albany, New York and graduated from Wellesley College in 1891. She also received an A.B. degree (1892) in zoology and an A.M. degree (1894) in physiology from Stanford University, and received her M.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1900. She died in Palo Alto, California December 22, 1940.

From the description of Statistical study of the marriages of forty-seven women, 1892? (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007650

From the description of Clelia Duel Mosher papers, 1886-1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 462019621

American physician and educator; Red Cross worker in France, 1917-1919.

From the description of Clelia Duel Mosher papers, 1898-1937. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754867088

Biographical Note:

Clelia Duel Mosher, the daughter of Cornelius Duel Mosher, M.D. and Sarah Burritt Mosher, was born on December 16, 1863 in Albany, New York. She graduated from Wellesley College in 1891, and spent the next year studying at both Cornell University and the University of Wisconsin. She then attended Stanford University, receiving an A.B. in zoology in 1893 and a masters in physiology in 1894. She received her M.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1900.

Dr. Mosher returned to Palo Alto to set up practice as a physician. She joined the Stanford faculty as a professor of personal hygiene in 1910, retiring as Professor emeritus in 1929. Interested particularly in women's health, she carried out her research and writing interests both as a physician and faculty member in the Department of Physical Hygiene, the linear ancestor of Stanford's Department of Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation.

Mosher was a fellow in the American Medical Association (1906-1936) and in the American Association for Advancement of Science. She was also a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, and Kappa Alpha Theta. An avid genealogist, she was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Between 1901 and 1929, Mosher published twenty-one books, including four "War Sketches" which appeared in the Medical Woman's Journal, 1921. She died in Palo Alto in 1940.

From the guide to the Clelia D. Mosher Papers, 1886-1938, (Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.)

Biographical Note

• 1863 December 16: Born, Albany, New York
• 1893: A.B, zoology, Stanford University
• 1894: A.M., physiology, Stanford University
• 1900: M.D., Johns Hopkins University
• 1910: Assistant Professor, personal hygiene, and Medical Advisor of Women, Stanford University
• 1917 - 1919 : Medical Investigator, Children's Bureau, and subsequently Assistant/Associate Medical Adviser, Bureau of Refugees, American Red Cross, Paris
• 1923: Associate Professor, Stanford University
• 1928: Professor, Stanford University
• 1929: Professor emeritus, Stanford University
• 1940: Died, Palo Alto, California

From the guide to the Clelia Duel Mosher papers, 1898-1937, (Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace)