“ She was endowed with a deeply religious nature and at an early age became a zealous worker in the church, leading class-meetings, giving Bible-readings and teaching in Sunday-school, and at one time she was almost persuaded that a missionary life was her vocation. ”

“ Ann Preston on the board of attending physicians of the Woman's Hospital of Philadelphia, a position which she held until 1875, when she was appointed resident physician of the New England Hospital in Boston. In 1877 she entered upon private practice in Jamaica Plain, one of the suburbs of Boston, where she is still in practice, rapidly making her way to the confidence of the public. ”