Canadian-born American pediatrician, and a granddaughter and secretary to the scientist and telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell. She lived in both Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia and Washington, D.C.
Mabel was the daughter of Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor (1875–1966), the father of photojournalism and first full-time editor of National Geographic Magazine, and Elsie May Bell (1878–1964. Elsie was the eldest child of Alexander Graham Bell and Mabel Gardiner Hubbard Bell, after whom Mabel was named.
Mabel was one of the first female graduates of the Johns Hopkins University medical program in Baltimore, Maryland. Her undergraduate studies were at Mount Holyoke College, where she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She graduated in 1927 and completed her medical degree in 1931. She then became a pediatrician and worked with disadvantaged children in Washington, D.C.'s Children's Hospital, retiring after 35 years of service.
She never married and had no children, but became the unofficial matriarch to about 60 nieces and nephews of several generations of Bell descendants at Beinn Bhreagh, Baddeck, Nova Scotia. "Aunty Mabel", as she was known to her extended kin, was seen as the an important part of the "leadership in the family" at both the Canadian estate and in Washington, D.C.
Mabel oversaw the stewardship of Bell's legacy at Beinn Bhreagh until her death, and was also the honorary president of the Alexander Graham Bell Club (founded in 1891), Canada's oldest continuing women's club. The club grew out of a social organization started at Beinn Bhreagh, by the original Mabel Bell, Alexander's wife.
When Mabel died of respiratory failure in 2006 at age 101, she was the last surviving individual to have personally known and worked with Alexander Graham Bell.
Mabel was the daughter of Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor (1875–1966), the father of photojournalism and first full-time editor of National Geographic Magazine, and Elsie May Bell (1878–1964. Elsie was the eldest child of Alexander Graham Bell and Mabel Gardiner Hubbard Bell, after whom Mabel was named.
Mabel was one of the first female graduates of the Johns Hopkins University medical program in Baltimore, Maryland. Her undergraduate studies were at Mount Holyoke College, where she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She graduated in 1927 and completed her medical degree in 1931. She then became a pediatrician and worked with disadvantaged children in Washington, D.C.'s Children's Hospital, retiring after 35 years of service.
She never married and had no children, but became the unofficial matriarch to about 60 nieces and nephews of several generations of Bell descendants at Beinn Bhreagh, Baddeck, Nova Scotia. "Aunty Mabel", as she was known to her extended kin, was seen as the an important part of the "leadership in the family" at both the Canadian estate and in Washington, D.C.
Mabel oversaw the stewardship of Bell's legacy at Beinn Bhreagh until her death, and was also the honorary president of the Alexander Graham Bell Club (founded in 1891), Canada's oldest continuing women's club. The club grew out of a social organization started at Beinn Bhreagh, by the original Mabel Bell, Alexander's wife.
When Mabel died of respiratory failure in 2006 at age 101, she was the last surviving individual to have personally known and worked with Alexander Graham Bell.
Canadian-born American pediatrician, and a granddaughter and secretary to the scientist and telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell. She lived in both Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia and Washington, D.C.
Mabel was the daughter of Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor (1875–1966), the father of photojournalism and first full-time editor of National Geographic Magazine, and Elsie May Bell (1878–1964. Elsie was the eldest child of Alexander Graham Bell and Mabel Gardiner Hubbard Bell, after whom Mabel was named.
Mabel was one of the first female graduates of the Johns Hopkins University medical program in Baltimore, Maryland. Her undergraduate studies were at Mount Holyoke College, where she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She graduated in 1927 and completed her medical degree in 1931. She then became a pediatrician and worked with disadvantaged children in Washington, D.C.'s Children's Hospital, retiring after 35 years of service.
She never married and had no children, but became the unofficial matriarch to about 60 nieces and nephews of several generations of Bell descendants at Beinn Bhreagh, Baddeck, Nova Scotia. "Aunty Mabel", as she was known to her extended kin, was seen as the an important part of the "leadership in the family" at both the Canadian estate and in Washington, D.C.
Mabel oversaw the stewardship of Bell's legacy at Beinn Bhreagh until her death, and was also the honorary president of the Alexander Graham Bell Club (founded in 1891), Canada's oldest continuing women's club. The club grew out of a social organization started at Beinn Bhreagh, by the original Mabel Bell, Alexander's wife.
When Mabel died of respiratory failure in 2006 at age 101, she was the last surviving individual to have personally known and worked with Alexander Graham Bell.
Mabel was the daughter of Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor (1875–1966), the father of photojournalism and first full-time editor of National Geographic Magazine, and Elsie May Bell (1878–1964. Elsie was the eldest child of Alexander Graham Bell and Mabel Gardiner Hubbard Bell, after whom Mabel was named.
Mabel was one of the first female graduates of the Johns Hopkins University medical program in Baltimore, Maryland. Her undergraduate studies were at Mount Holyoke College, where she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She graduated in 1927 and completed her medical degree in 1931. She then became a pediatrician and worked with disadvantaged children in Washington, D.C.'s Children's Hospital, retiring after 35 years of service.
She never married and had no children, but became the unofficial matriarch to about 60 nieces and nephews of several generations of Bell descendants at Beinn Bhreagh, Baddeck, Nova Scotia. "Aunty Mabel", as she was known to her extended kin, was seen as the an important part of the "leadership in the family" at both the Canadian estate and in Washington, D.C.
Mabel oversaw the stewardship of Bell's legacy at Beinn Bhreagh until her death, and was also the honorary president of the Alexander Graham Bell Club (founded in 1891), Canada's oldest continuing women's club. The club grew out of a social organization started at Beinn Bhreagh, by the original Mabel Bell, Alexander's wife.
When Mabel died of respiratory failure in 2006 at age 101, she was the last surviving individual to have personally known and worked with Alexander Graham Bell.
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