A Dolly Aside #3, The Buffalo Fryes
Please say hello from across the inter-waves by touching the heart or by leaving a comment. I would be so glad! Upgrade to paid This is a winding tale of chance connections begun in a gift of doll clothes handmade in 1926. If you’re short on time or burrowed under many blankets, I’ve summed it all up in a 90 second film below. If you’re ready for a tale, then read on! A Chance Meeting. On July 8, 1926, Dr Maud Josephine Frye of Buffalo, New York, disembarked from the SS “President Harding” at Plymouth, England. What her plans were in England between that July and September is unclear. Maud was the doctor for female students at the University of Buffalo until 1940 when she entered private practice. Perhaps her visit to England was for research or to give a lecture of some kind. She’d already published papers on pediatrics and diseases affecting women. Maud was also an officer of the Zonta club, an organization that to this day advocates for girls and women with a focus...
