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Sister Florence Marie Scott, 

 1964. She was a corporation 

 member and trustee from 1902 

 to 1965. Loaned by Jane 

 Fessenden. 



such as Cornelia Clapp, have been more fortunate and more integrated into 

 the community since the very first years. 



Examples of women researchers from the middle of this century 

 include the popular cind respected Sister Florence and Sister Elizabeth. 

 Both spunky and dedicated researchers, they have inspired many fond 

 reflections. Sister Florence, who returned to the MBL for over thirty years, 

 was so popular that she once said that she almost dreaded walking through 

 town. She knew so many people and always stopped to chat so that it took 

 a very long time to get anywhere. When George Scott insisted on calling her 



