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ABBOTT, Mary Winchester

Steve JohnsonMay 11, 2021October 29, 2022

The Yale graduate and published author

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HortonCemetery @horton_cemetery ·

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Story of the Day!
Elizabeth Flaxman - A tailoress with depression.
#depressed #MentalHealthAwareness
https://hortoncemetery.org/flaxman-elizabeth/

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28 Nov

Story of the Day!
Marian Elizabeth YEO, her problems attributed to “the change of life” a ‘cover all’ term for the problems of the menopause which were not understood in the late 1800s. ...#Menopause #MentalHealthAwareness
https://hortoncemetery.org/yeo-marian-elizabeth/

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24 Nov

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#EpilepsyAwarenessMonth #MentalHealthMatters

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22 Nov

Story of the Day! > Hendrick Barend KoekKoek
A famous Dutch artist from a famous artistic family; yet missing from the historical records. Why did this son end up at the Asylum?
@doublekoek ...@NationalGallery @SimonisBuunk
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