Churchill was born in Boston, the daughter of Joseph Richmond Churchill and Mary Cushing Churchill. Her father was a banker, botanist and judge.[1][2] She was named for her grandmother, Anna Quincy Thaxter Cushing.[3] She graduated from Smith College in 1907, earned a master's degree in biology at Radcliffe College in 1910, studied at the Boston School of Gymnastics,[4] and completed her medical degree at Tufts University School of Medicine in 1917.[5][6]
Career
Churchill served an internship at the New England Hospital for Women and Children in 1916.[7] She was on the faculty of Tufts University School of Medicine and School of Dental Medicine from 1918 [8] to 1954, and was one of the first if not the first woman to have served on the faculty of a medical school.[9] She was assistant professor of microscopic anatomy in 1926, when she published an article about dental fissures.[10] She also taught histology at the Sargent School of Physical Education in Cambridge. She was a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[11]
In 1954, Churchill established scholarships for biology undergraduate students, in memory of her parents.[12][13] She also made personal loans to Tufts dental school students in need.[14] She was awarded the Distinguished Service Key by Tufts in 1955.[15] In retirement, she continued to attend faculty meetings at Tufts;[16] in the late 1960s, when she was in her eighties, she was still performing autopsies.[17]
^Harvard College Class of 1867 (1918). Secretary's Report: no. 14. Press of Geo. H. Ellis, Company. p. 150.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
