Rosetta Luce Gilchrist

Rosetta Luce Gilchrist (, 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.

Early life and education
Rosetta Luce was born in Kingsville, Ashtabula County, Ohio, April 11, 1850. In youth, she was a student in the Kingsville, or Rexville, academy. She graduated from Oberlin College in 1870. In 1890, she graduated from the Cleveland Homeopathic Medical College.

Career
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. Other publications included Margaret's Sacrifice, Thistledew Papers, and numerous poems. Gilchrist served as a correspondent for various newspapers. 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.

Private life and death
Gilchrist was also a self-taught oil painter. She had a family of three children, including a daughter, Jessamine.

Rosetta Luce Gilchrist died on February 17, 1921.

Selected works

 * Apples of Sodom, A Story of Mormon Life., 1883
 * Tibby: A Novel Dealing with Psychic Forces and Telepathy, 1904
 * Margaret's Sacrifice
 * Thistledew Papers