Rachel B. Lain
Rachel B. Lain
Vallejo's first woman doctor was Rachel Brown Lain, M.D., who practiced medicine in Vallejo from 1891 until her death in 1918. She was born in Pennsylvania in 1863. She maintained hospital beds in her home at the southwest corner of Marin and Carolina streets. Dr. Lain also owned the first automobile seen in Vallejo, a 1904 Maxwell. Photo courtesy of Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.


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Mailing Address
Genealogy Society of Vallejo-Benicia
c/o: Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum
734 Marin Street
Vallejo, CA 94590
Telephone
(707) 334-0675
Email
General Inquiry: Web-Manager@gsvb.org
Officers
President: John Watson
Vice President: Pat Innes
Treasurer: Toni Rehmus
Secretary: Laurel Knapp
 
Committees
Librarian / Researcher: John Watson
Public Relations: Ruth Anne Goos Halligan
 
Board Members
Newsletter Editor: Christine Dunn
Publicity: Jeff Solomon
Membership Chairperson: Sue Hanson
Librarian / Researcher: John Watson
Fundraising Chairperson: Vacant
Facebook Manager: Ruth Anne Goos Halligan
Mistress of the Web: Carol-Anne Tucker-Watt
Mistress of the Web: Ruth Anne Goos Halligan
 
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