Louisa Paine Tingley

Background

Tingley, Louisa Paine was born on June 14, 1869 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Daughter of Charles Edward and Eliza Taylor (Fiske) Paine.

Education

Studied and traveled abroad, 1886-1889, and 1896-1897. Doctor of Medicine Tufts College Medical School, 1901.

Career

German tutor and instructor in private schools, 1889-1897. Practicing physician in Providence and Boston since 1901. Specialist in opthalmology.

Ophthalmic surgeon, New England Hospital for Women and Children (1901-1910, New England Deaconess Hospital since 1901, Massachusetts Women's Hospital since 1918.

Councillor Massachusetts Medical Society, 1920-1924 and 1931-1937.

Achievements

• Louisa Paine Tingley has been listed as a noteworthy physician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served on staff New England Deaconess Base Hospital, World War I. Member American Board Commissioners Foreign Missions. Fellow American College of Surgeons.

Member of the American Medical Association, Massachusetts Medical Society, Rhode Island Medical Society, Providence Medical Association, New England Ophthalmological Society, American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, Illuminating Engineering Society, Providence Animal Rescue League (director), American Unitarian Association (life), Rhode Island History Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Roger Williams Association. Clubs: Massachusetts Women's Republican, Republican (Boston).

Connections

Married Frank Foster Tingley, June 14, 1899 (died 1921).