Loring family.

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Jane Lathrop Loring, wife of Asa Gray, botanist and Harvard professor, was a member of the Female Humane Society of Cambridge and editor of Letters of Asa Gray. Her nieces, represented in this collection, were Katharine Peabody Loring, founder of and teacher in the Society to Encourage Studies at Home, and Louisa Putnam Loring, founder and president of the Aiken, South Carolina Sanitarium and the Beverly Anti-Tuberculosis Society. Both sisters worked for peace and with the American Red Cross.

From the description of Papers, 1830-1943 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122521377

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creatorOf Loring family. Papers, 1830-1943 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
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associatedWith Aiken Cottages (Aiken, S.C.). corporateBody
associatedWith American Red Cross. corporateBody
associatedWith Gould, Alice Bache, 1868-1953. person
associatedWith Gray, Jane Lathrop Loring, 1821-1909. person
associatedWith Loring, Katharine Peabody, 1849-1943. person
associatedWith Loring, Louisa Putnam, 1854-1924. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Bulgaria
Spain
Essex Co. (Mass.)
South Carolina
India
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Charities
Peace
Voyages and travels
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Active 1830

Active 1943

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