Per http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=16589945; buried at Union Cemetery, New Baltimore, MI
http://www.aspet.org/uploadedFiles/About_ASPET/Women_in_ASPET_100.pdf?n=6652, Women in ASPET: A Centennial Perspective (American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics) ...Table 1. Women members of ASPET prior to 1940 ... 1937 Phoebe Crittenden.
"From her publications, Phoebe Crittenden, who
published as P. Jeanette Crittenden, P.J. Crittenden and Phoebe J. Crittenden, was on the faculty of the Department of
Physiology and Pharmacology at Northwestern University Medical School in the mid-late 1930s, and at the Merck Institute
for Therapeutic Research in New Jersey in the mid-late 1940s. Her research focused on pancreatic secretions, renal
excretions, and amino acids. She appears to have accepted a faculty position at Goucher College in the late 1940s or
early 1950s, and either discontinued her research or her publishing, as was common in those years for female scientists
on the faculty at women's colleges." (Appel, T. A. (1994) Physiology in American Womens Colleges: The Rise and Decline of a female Subculture, Isis 85: 26-56.)
http://www.the-aps.org/publications/tphys/legacy/1974/issue4/451.pdf
REPLIES FROM SENIOR PHYSIOLOGISTS, 19'74
Letters received in response to our inquiry have given the four
members of our Committee much pleasure. As the replies prove, their appearance in The Physiologist pleases and enlightens the oldtimers who no longer can attend Society meetings. Many replies are from members about to retire who are seeking leads to further activity. Their availability is called to the attention of department chairmen who have appropriate temporary vacancies to fill. We thank the members who replied and hope all goes well with those who have not replied.
D. B. Dill, Chai rman; Hallowell Davis 9 H* S. Maye
M. B. Visscher, Senior Physiologists Corn mi ttee
American Physiological Society
Phoebe Crittenden to Hal:
Last summer I sold my home in Vermont and in November came to Florida to become a member of the Sunny Shores Villas Community - the first retirement home in Florida, located on the shore of Tampa Bay in southern St. Petersburg. There is an interesting group of people varying in age from the late sixties to the late nineties. There are at present about 250 people here. The situations which present themselves to each due to the frailties of advancing years fascinate me. "There but
for the Grace of God, goes me. " Yet if these people only knew more about themselves physiologically, how much easier it would be, I believe, to cope with their problems and understand the problems of others. Hence they would be more charitable. Life for me has been changed greatly. I am enjoying the passing of many responsibilities, with time to read, enjoy some of the programs of Public Service TV and good music on the Southern Florida Radio Station. I like the St. Petersburg Times,
it in general is fair. If I were to give a message to the younger generation it would be: The future is yours, use it wisely, unselfishly, keeping in mind the welfare of all life and the planet - Earth, which has been so unwisely and selfishly abused.
St. Petersburg Times (FL) - May 16, 1991
Deceased Name: CRITTENDEN , PHOEBE JEANNETTE
CRITTENDEN, PHOEBE JEANNETTE, 92, of St. Petersburg, died Monday (May 13, 1991) at Sunny Shores Nursing Center. She was born in Michigan and came here in 1973 from Thetford, Vt. She was a graduate of Oberlin College and Northwestern University Medical School, with bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in science. She is listed in Who's Who in American Women, Who's Who in the East, 2,000 Women of Achievement and Who's Who in Women of the World. She was a college professor, retiring from Goucher College, Baltimore. She was a member of the American Association for Advancement of Science, the American Physiological Society, the Society for Experimental Biology in Medicine, the American Society of Experimental Pharmacology and Therapeutics and the Society of Sigma XI. Survivors include a nephew, Roy Crittenden, Holiday. Mathews-Palms Memorial Funeral Directors, St. Petersburg.
St. Petersburg Times (FL)
Date: May 16, 1991
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