Schelkunoff, Jean Kennedy, 1901-1979

Jean G. Kennedy was born on Novemebr 27, 1901 in Omaha, Nebraska. She graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1923 and went on to the New York School of Social Work from which she graduated in 1925. She then worked for Northwestern Bell Telephone Company in Omaha. On August 4, 1928 she married Dr. Sergei A. Schelkunoff. In 1930 she began working for the New York State Department of Labor. She received an M.A. from Columbia University two years later. In 1936 she was appointed Secretary of the Division on Recreation, Education, and Neighborhood Activities of the Welfare Council of New York City. She retired in 1966. She died on February 26, 1979 in Highstown, New Jersey.

From the guide to the Schelkunoff papers MS 0583., ca. 1904-[ongoing], (Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections)

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