Julia S. Quinby, Westbrook Seminary, Class of 1863

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Julia S. Quinby (Quimby) graduated from Westbrook Seminary in 1863. She was one of two students who were the first to receive "Lady of Liberal Learning" degrees bestowed by Westbrook Seminary and Female Collegiate Institute. For the next three years, Miss Quinby (Quimby) was a member of the Board of Instruction at Westbrook Seminary and Female Collegiate Institute, teaching French, Latin and English. In 1871 Julia Quinby (Quimby) married a Portland physician, Dr. John F. Boothby, and moved to Massachusetts.

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Title: Julia S. Quinby, Westbrook Seminary, Class of 1863
Creation Date: circa 1865
Subject Date: circa 1865
Local Name: Deering, Stevens Plains
Town: Portland, Westbrook
County: Cumberland
State: ME
Media: carte de visite; Photograph
Local Code: Faculty photographs
Collection: Westbrook College History Collection
Object Type: Image

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Abplanalp Library, UNE
716 Stevens Avenue, Portland, ME 04103
(207) 221-4323
http://www.une.edu/wchc/

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