Anna Medora Brockway Gray
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Anna Medora Brockway Gray | |
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 Anna Medora Brockway, later Gray, from an 1883 medical school class photo | |
| Born | February 1, 1851 Keweenaw County, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | March 29, 1931 (aged 80) Plymouth, Michigan, U.S. |
| Occupations | Physician, writer, local historian |
| Relatives | Oliver Atkins Farwell (nephew) |
Anna Medora Brockway Gray (February 1, 1851 – March 29, 1931) was an American physician, writer, and local historian based in Michigan.
Gray was born in Keweenaw County, Michigan, the daughter of Daniel Dunbar Brockway and Lucena Harris Brockway. Her father worked on the L'Anse Indian Reservation, and as a mining agent in the copper industry of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.[1] She graduated from Albion College and earned a medical degree at the University of Michigan in 1883.[2] Her nephew was botanist Oliver Atkins Farwell.[3]
Career
Gray practiced medicine in Duluth, Minnesota,[4] in the 1880s, then returned to Michigan; she practiced in the Upper Peninsula, then in Grand Rapids and Detroit. She wrote poetry and collected histories of Michigan, much of which she donated to the Detroit Public Library. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Women Writers Club of Michigan.[5][6]