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Wellesley College is a private women's liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts.Founded in 1870 by Henry and Pauline Durant as a female seminary, it is a member of the Seven Sisters Colleges, an unofficial grouping of current and former women's colleges in the northeastern United States.
Roxana Vivian, 1894 – mathematics professor at Wellesley College, the first in her department to hold a doctorate, and Hartwick College. Diana Chapman Walsh, 1966 – former president, Wellesley College; Ernestine Wiedenbach, 1922 – nursing theorist
The following list of people have served as president of Wellesley College, a private women's liberal arts college located in Wellesley, Massachusetts. The current president is Paula A. Johnson. [1] Over the past 140 years of Wellesley College's operation, there have been fourteen presidents. [2] All of the previous presidents have been women.
Alice Freeman Palmer (born Alice Elvira Freeman; February 21, 1855 – December 6, 1902) was an American educator.As Alice Freeman, she was president of Wellesley College from 1881 to 1887, when she left to marry the Harvard professor George Herbert Palmer.
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Pages in category "Wellesley College alumni" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 770 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Wellesley College trustees terminated her contract in 1919. Pendleton strongly opposed her dismissal for support of academic freedom. [5] Pendleton was a member of the Wellesley College examination board and helped liberalize the structure of the exams. She was the first woman to serve on a panel to award the American Peace Prize. [8]
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