Katharine Johnson Jackson

Dr. Kate J. Jackson
"A Woman of the Century"
Born	Katharine Johnson (1841-04-07)April 7, 1841 Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Died	February 24, 1921(1921-02-24) (aged 79) Livonia, New York
Education	Woman's Medical College of the New York Infirmary
Occupations	stenographer physicians
Spouse	James Hathaway Jackson ​ ​ (m. 1864)​
Relatives	James Caleb Jackson (father-in-law)
Medical career
Field	water cure
Institutions	Jackson Sanatorium
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Katharine Johnson Jackson (better known as Kate J. Jackson; April 7, 1841 – February 24, 1921) was an American physician affiliated with the water cure movement at the Jackson Sanatorium in Dansville, Livingston County, New York. Earlier in her life, she studied stenography, and became one of the first women to adopt that profession.^[1]