19 Facts About Alida Avery

Alida Avery was an American physician and Vassar College faculty member.

Alida Avery was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 2020.

Alida Cornelia Avery was born on June 11,1833, in Sherburne, New York.

Alida Avery's parents were Hannah Avery and Deacon William Avery.

Alida Avery studied medicine for one year in 1858 at the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania and graduated from the New England Female Medical College in Boston in 1862.

Alida Avery settled in Brooklyn, where she had a "discouraging time" being able to obtain a medical office.

Alida Avery's infirmary was established in a suite of rooms in the Main Building, where she was responsible for the health of her patients and the entire college.

Alida Avery believed in hydro-therapy and ensured sanitary conditions for food, water, and milk.

Alida Avery was responsible for decisions regarding control of quarantine, whether staff should be retained or dismissed for health reasons, whether to hold chapel in bad weather, and when to turn on the heat in buildings.

Alida Avery emphasized the importance of a healthy, balanced diet to become successful intellectually.

Alida Avery was seen as a guiding force in Vassar's early years.

Alida Avery began practicing medicine, and was the first woman licensed to practice medicine in Colorado.

Alida Avery was good friends of fellow staff members Maria Mitchell and Hannah Lyman.

Alida Avery created the reform strategy in 1877 for Colorado suffragettes to win the right to vote.

Alida Avery signed a paper, along with Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward and other women from the National Council of Women, that expounded upon the negative effects of women's fashion, particularly the corset.

Alida Avery was an active member of the Unitarian Church, women's movement, and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.

Alida Avery lived in San Francisco during the 1906 earthquake, when she lost all of her property.

Alida Avery returned to San Jose, where she died on September 22,1908.

Alida Avery was instrumental in the creation of an academic program for drama at the school.