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| Born | Julia Ann Knowlton August 25, 1829 Deerfield, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Died | June 27, 1907 Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Other names | Mrs. Micah Dyer, Jr. |
| Occupation | philanthropist |
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Julia Knowlton Dyer (née, Knowlton; better known as, Mrs. Micah Dyer, Jr.;[1] August 25, 1829 – June 27, 1907) was an American philanthropist of the long nineteenth century.[2] She was associated for over 40 years with nearly every large philanthropic work started in Boston. Her rare executive ability combined with an even temperament made her a natural leader of large bodies.[3] Dyer was prominently connected with 24 associations, only one of which, the Castilian Club, was purely literary. She was president of the Soldiers' Home in Chelsea, Massachusetts, president and founder of the Woman's Charity Club, a member of the executive boards of the Home for Intemperate Women, the Helping Hand Association, and president of the local branch of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.). For 26 years, she was a manager for the Home for Female Prisoners in Dedham, Massachusetts, and was a life member of The Bostonian Society.[2] The Woman's Charity Club Hospital was started by Dyer, president of the Woman's Charity Club; originally located at 28 Chester Park, a few years later, a more commodious hospital was built on Boston's Parker Hill.[4]
- ^ Bostonian Society (1908). Proceedings of the Bostonian Society, Annual Meeting. Bostonian Society. pp. 19, 22. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
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- ^ a b Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). "DYER, Mrs. Julia Knowlton". A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life. Charles Wells Moulton. pp. 268–69. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Howe, Julia Ward; Graves, Mary Hannah (1904). "Julia K. Dyer". Sketches of Representative Women of New England. New England Historical Publishing Company. pp. 126–28. Retrieved 12 December 2022 – via Wikisource. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Hopkins, Mary Sargent (August 1899). "Women Who Have Made the World Better - III. Julia Knowlton Dyer (Mrs. Micah Dyer, Jr., President Woman's Charity Club)". Good Housekeeping. Vol. 29, no. 2. C.W. Bryan. pp. 78–82. Retrieved 12 December 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
