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Amelia R. Keller

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Amelia R. Keller

Birth
Death
28 Jan 1943 (aged 72)
Burial
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec: 58, Lot: 34
Memorial ID
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Jan 12, 1871, Cleveland Cuyahoga Co., OH Jan 28, 1943 Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN

Keller came to Indianapolis while a young girl. She attended Women's Medical College in Chicago and earned her medical degree from Central College of Physicians and Surgeons in Indianapolis in 1893, becoming one of the first women physicians to practice in Indianapolis. She was associate professor of diseases of children at the Indiana University School of Medicine and spoke on public health. She was a very prominent leader for women's' rights and suffrage. After the 19th Amendment passed, she remained active in civic affairs, serviced as president of the Indianapolis Local Council of Women and as vice-president of the Indiana Federation of Clubs.
Jan 12, 1871, Cleveland Cuyahoga Co., OH Jan 28, 1943 Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN

Keller came to Indianapolis while a young girl. She attended Women's Medical College in Chicago and earned her medical degree from Central College of Physicians and Surgeons in Indianapolis in 1893, becoming one of the first women physicians to practice in Indianapolis. She was associate professor of diseases of children at the Indiana University School of Medicine and spoke on public health. She was a very prominent leader for women's' rights and suffrage. After the 19th Amendment passed, she remained active in civic affairs, serviced as president of the Indianapolis Local Council of Women and as vice-president of the Indiana Federation of Clubs.

Gravesite Details

burial: JAN 30,1943



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