Tibby: A Novel Dealing with Psychic Forces and Telepathy
Rosetta Luce Gilchrist (née, Luce; April 11, 1850 – February 17, 1921) was an American physician, author, novelist, poet, and correspondent. She served as president of the Ashtabula Equal Rights Club.
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.[5] Other publications included Margaret's Sacrifice, Thistledew Papers, and numerous poems.[3] Gilchrist served as a correspondent for various newspapers.[6] 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.[3]
Private life and death
Gilchrist was also a self-taught oil painter.[3] She had a family of three children,[3] including a daughter, Jessamine.[7]
Rosetta Luce Gilchrist died on February 17, 1921.[1]
Selected works
Apples of Sodom, A Story of Mormon Life., 1883
Tibby: A Novel Dealing with Psychic Forces and Telepathy, 1904
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: The Cleveland Homeopathic Medical College (1900). The Cleveland Homeopathic Reporter. Vol. 1–2 (Public domain ed.). The Cleveland Homeopathic Medical College.