page_title: Virginia Meriwether Davies
hierarchical_section_title: Virginia Meriwether Davies
caption_attribution_description: English: Virginia Meriwether Davies
context_page_description: Lucy Virginia Meriwether Davis Davies was one of New York State's first female physicians; she was also a botanist, civil libertarian, suffragist, philosopher and lover of music and art. She had studied medicine to escape a scandal after she eloped with and then killed her first husband. He had agreed it was self-defence before he died. She married again only to find out years later that her husband had two complete families and two wives.
context_section_description: Lucy Virginia Meriwether Davis Davies (April 18, 1862 – April 17, 1949) was one of New York State's first female physicians; she was also a botanist, civil libertarian, suffragist, philosopher and lover of music and art. She had studied medicine to escape a scandal after she eloped with and then killed her first husband. He had agreed it was self-defence before he died. She married again only to find out years later that her husband had two complete families and two wives.
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