Owings, Chloe, 1883-
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Owings, Chloe, 1883-
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Social worker, Owings was born in rural Illinois, attended Knox College, St. Louis School of Social Economy and Washington University, and earned a Ph.D. at the Sorbonne in 1923. She worked with the Charity Organization in New York City (1911-1912), the American Relief Clearinghouse in France (1916-1917), the American Red Cross (1918-1919), and the American Social Hygiene Association (1923-1927). During the Depression, she served as assistant director of the Women's Work Division of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration. She became Dean of Kekua College, Kekua Park, N.Y., in 1937; in 1943, founded the Pasadena Institute for Radio; and in 1951, established the School of Social Work, University of Guadalajara, Mexico. After retirement in 1952, she remained active in California as a registrar of voters and with the Campfire Girls.
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Aging
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World War, 1914-1918
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California
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Illinois
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