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Clara M. Greenough (1872-1963) of Deerfield, Massachusetts, attended Smith College and graduated Northwestern University Women's Medical School in 1899. She set up a medical practice in South Deerfield in 1900, then moved to Greenfield in 1902. After serving as medical inspector for the Greenfield schools and Northfield Seminary, she worked in hospitals in France and Germany during and after World War I. She returned in 1920, and lectured throughout the United States on health and social morality. Dr. Greenough later held medical positions at colleges in Washington state and New York before retiring to Deerfield. At the time of her death she was the oldest member of the Massachusetts Medical Association.