Rosetta Luce Gilchrist

Additionally, she was a correspondent for various newspapers, a self-taught oil painter, and served as the president of the Ashtabula Equal Rights Club.

• Name — Rosetta Luce Gilchrist • Birth Name — Rosetta Luce • Born — April 11, 1850 • Birthplace — Kingsville, Ashtabula County, Ohio, U.S. • Died — 17 February 1921 • Resting Place — Lulu Falls Cemetery, Kingsville • Occupation — * physician • author • poet • Education — * Oberlin College • Cleveland Homeopathic Medical College • Notable Works — * Apples of sodom • Tibby: A Novel Dealing with Psychic Forces and Telepathy

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 teacher in the Cleveland public schools. After graduating from medical school, she gained a lucrative practice in the medical profession. Gilchrist also had a successful literary career. 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 Woman's National Press Association and the Cleveland Woman's Press Association and president of the Ashtabula Equal Rights Club. Gilchrist was also a self-taught painter in oils. She had a family of three children, including a daughter, Jessamine. Rosetta Luce Gilchrist died on February 17, 1921.

• Apples of Sodom, A Story of Mormon Life., 1883 • Tibby: A Novel Dealing with Psychic Forces and Telepathy, 1904 • Margaret's Sacrifice • Thistledew Papers