Emily Fairbanks Talbot

Emily Fairbanks Talbot (February 22, 1834 – October 29, 1900) was an American philanthropist. Talbot and her daughter Marion Talbot founded the organization that became the American Association of University Women. Early life and career Emily H. Fairbanks was born February 22, 1834, in Winthrop, Maine, the daughter of Lydia Wood Tinkham and Columbus Fairbanks, a farmer. She was the eighth of nine children. In 1850, Phebe W. and Charles W. Fairbanks were at home with Emily and their parents. Three of Emily's siblings died within their first two years of life. She was a schoolteacher and advocated for higher learning for women and health reform. Marriage and children Emily married Israel Tisdale Talbot in 1856, becoming Emily Fairbanks Talbot. Her husband, born on October 29, 1829, in Sharon, Massachusetts, was director of the Boston homeopathic hospital and a founder, professor of surgery, and dean of the Boston University Medical School. He was involved in many public matters, which his wife shared with him.