Though these schools were expensive, her father's lucrative career in the coal industry allowed him to afford a good education for his daughter.

Being a part of this community, Still was protected from the ill-treatment that less fortunate blacks received and was able to take full advantage of her privileges.

[4] After earning her Bachelor of Arts degree, she was elected the first black president of the Ladies' Literary Society of Oberlin.

[2] Still married her first husband, Edward A. Wiley, a fellow Oberlin alumnus and formerly enslaved person, in a ceremony at their home on December 28, 1869.

The wedding was attended by many prominent members of the U.S. antislavery movement and included a performance by Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield.

In 1878, she began her medical career with an internship at Boston's New England Hospital for Women and Children.

Now going by Anderson in 1889, she resumed her career as an educator, teaching hygiene, physiology, and public speaking while continuing her medical practice.

[2][4] In her later years, Anderson became a social activist, working with several organizations in the city of Philadelphia for various causes, including temperance and racial equality.