Mahan, Edna, 1900-1968

Dates:
Birth 1900
Death 1968
Death 1968
Gender:
Female
Americans
English

Biographical notes:

Corrections official; born in 1900; grew up in California; was graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1922; worked successively at the California Bureau of Juvenile Research, at the Los Angeles County Probation Department and on the juvenile delinquency portion of the Harvard Law School Crime Survey; served as superintendent of "Clinton Farms," the New Jersey State Reformatory for Women (now the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women) in Union Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, 1928-1968.

From the description of Edna Mahan papers, 1913-1988 (bulk 1914-1970). (Rutgers University). WorldCat record id: 62901371

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Subjects:

  • Education
  • Children with mental disabilities
  • Courtship
  • Prison administration
  • Psychology, Pathological
  • Reformatories for women
  • Voyages and travels
  • Women

Occupations:

  • College students
  • Students
  • Prison administration
  • Travelers

Places:

  • Berkeley, CA, US
  • Boston, MA, US
  • Hunterdon County, NJ, US