Frances Fisher Wood
Frances Fisher Wood (September 22, 1852, Waltham, Massachusetts - August 30, 1938, Bedford, Pennsylvania, sometimes styled Mrs. William Benjamin Wood) was an educator, lecturer, and scientist. A graduate of Vassar College, Frances Fisher Wood supported women's suffrage and education. She was a teacher and principal at what later became the Hathaway Brown School for Girls in Cleveland, Ohio; lectured and published a book on the scientific upbringing of infants and children (''Infancy and Childhood'', 1897); developed the first commercial business in the United States for the sterilization of milk for infants; and was a founder and one of the original trustees of Barnard College for women. Early life Frances Fisher was born on September 22, 1852 in Waltham, Massachusetts where her mother was visiting. She grew up with her parents, Waldo Asahel Fisher (1822-1912) and Angeline (Hawes) Fisher (1827-1913) in Ohio. Her family background qualified her as a member of the Colonial ...
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Eric Fisher Wood
Eric Fisher Wood Sr. (1888–1962) was an American Civil engineer, engineer, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, Pennsylvania National Guard general, co-founder of American Legion, The American Legion and designer of its emblem. Early years and education Eric Fisher Wood was born in New York City in 1888 to Frances Fisher Wood and Dr. William Benjamin Wood. As a boy Wood was educated in private schools."Eric Fisher Wood Papers: Biographical History,"
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Library, Syracuse, New York, May 1967. He later enrolled at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, from which he graduated with degrees in Economics, English, and a PhD degree in civil engineering. Wood did additional post-graduate course work studying architecture at Columbia ...
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