Dewing, Frances Rousmaniere.

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Educator Frances Hall Rousmaniere Dewing was born in 1877 in Roxbury, Massachusetts. She received an A.B. (1900) and a Master's degree in philosophy (1904) from Wellesley College. In 1906 she earned a Ph.D. in philosophy from Radcliffe College. Prior to her marriage to Arthur Stone Dewing in 1910, she taught philosophy and psychology at Mount Holyoke College (1906-08) and Smith College (1908-10). Dewing's activities focused on her family until 1943-45, when she taught experimental mathematics at Bennington College. She was a popular instructor, and although she did not teach again after 1945, she continued to think and write about education and educational methods until her death in Cambridge, Massachusetts on February 20, 1964.

From the description of Papers, 1906-1963 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122471146

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referencedIn Mayers, Leslie Helen. Thesis, 1983. Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Cabot, Ella Lyman. Papers, 1855-1934 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Rousmaniere, Mary Stone, 1880-1956. Papers, 1894-1915 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Dewing, Frances Rousmaniere. Papers, 1906-1963 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
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associatedWith Cabot, Ella Lyman. person
associatedWith Mayers, Leslie Helen. person
associatedWith Rousmaniere, John Lewis. person
associatedWith Rousmaniere, Mary Stone, 1880-1956. person
associatedWith Royce, Josiah, 1855-1916. person
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Mathematicians
Philosophers, Modern
Radcliffe College
Wellesley College
Women
Women
Women college teachers
Women in science
Women mathematicians
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Mathematicians
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Active 1963

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