Elizabeth Wright Hubbard
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Elizabeth Wright Hubbard, M.D. (1896 - 1967) was the first woman president of the American Institute of Homeopathy (1959 - 1961). She qualified in medicine in 1921 at Columbia University School of Physicians and Surgeons and interned at Bellevue Hospital in New York City. She then spent two years in Europe studying homoeopathy in Vienna, in Stuttgart under Dr. Adolf Stiegele, in Geneva under Dr. Pierre Schmidt, and in Tubingen under Dr Emil Schlegel. Dr. Hubbard then returned to the United States to pursue a career that brought her international acclaim and affection, taking her place alongside other great American homeopaths such as Boger, Dienst, Roberts, Undershill, and Gladwyn. In addition to serving as president of the American Institute of Homeopathy, succeeding Dr. Roger A. Schmidt of San Francisco, she also served as president of the International Hahnemannian Association from 1945-46, and as president of the Anthroposophical Society in America. She filled an important and influential role over many years as editor of the Homoeopathic Recorder, the Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy and the Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy. Dr. Hubbard also taught at the AFH postgraduate homeopathic school.
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