Long, Fern

Fern Long (1905- ) was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She attended Lake Erie College from 1922 until 1923 and then completed her degree at Radcliffe College from which she graduated magna cum laude in 1926 with a B.A. in English literature. She earned a Ph.D. in Philosophy at Charles University in Prague, 1926-1930, and in 1940 received a B.S. in Library Science from Western Reserve University.

She taught in Prague, Czechoslovakia, at the English Grammer School and the Methodist Mission in 1930. Between November and March, 1931, she translated F. J. Vlchek's autobiography, The Story of My Life. She served as secretary in charge of Slovanic groups at New Haven International Institute, through 1931-1932, and as executive secretary of Amex Social Service League in Ames, Iowa, during 1934-1937.

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