Julia Holmes Smith

Julia Holmes Smith (December 23, 1839 – November 10, 1930) was an American physician, publisher, and suffragist from Georgia.

Born to a wealthy family, she received private tutoring then attended a women's school in New York City.

[1] In 1872, Holmes married wealthy merchant Sabin Smith and moved with him to Boston, Massachusetts.

However, the next year, Governor John Peter Altgeld named Smith as the school's first female trustee to fill a vacancy.

Thanks to the success of Smith, eleven of the eighteen candidates for the university board the next year were women.