{"id":1447,"date":"2024-08-05T10:23:06","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T14:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/miwf.org\/?post_type=mwhof&#038;p=1447"},"modified":"2024-08-05T10:23:07","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T14:23:07","slug":"carolyn-geisel","status":"publish","type":"mwhof","link":"https:\/\/miwf.org\/celebrating-women\/michigan-womens-hall-of-fame\/carolyn-geisel\/","title":{"rendered":"Carolyn Geisel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>(1862 \u2013 1932)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A gifted speaker who lectured on the Chautauqua circuit for many years in the early 20th century, Dr. Carolyn Geisel devoted herself to teaching good health principles to the public. In addition to holding three medical degrees, Geisel was a member of the Health Committee of the national General Federation of Women\u2019s Clubs and was a national lecturer for the Women\u2019s Christian Temperance Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A native of Tekonsha, Michigan, Geisel established a pioneering medical practice in Kansas but returned to her home state after becoming ill. While undergoing treatment at the Battle Creek Sanitarium, she decided to give up her practice and spend her life helping the \u201cgreat suffering world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She traveled thousands of miles under the auspices of the sanitarium and its leader, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, visiting all the English-speaking countries, Russia, and New Zealand. Often giving more than 400 speeches in a season relating to social, moral, physical, and mental hygiene, Geisel was a contemporary of Francis E. 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