Watson, Sarah Pressly, 1885-1959

Resident of Paris, France, and native of Ridge Spring (Saluda County, S.C.); served as Directrice, 1920-1959, of the Foyer Internationale des Etudiantes, a hostel for French and foreign-born women attending the Universite de Paris; education: completed undergraduate degree, 1906, from Hollins College, and a masters thesis, 1915, at Columbia University on French political factions of 1873 during the Third Republic; taught history at Greenville Woman's College and Coker College, in S.C.; in 1918, began working for the Y.W.C.A. in France, where she was placed in charge of a home near Tours for French women employed by the U.S. Signal Corps. Remaining in Paris after the war, Watson attended history lectures at the Sorbonne, and soon accepted the stewardship of small hostel for female students, a position she would hold for the rest of her life.

From the description of Sarah Pressly Watson papers, 1861-1967; (bulk, 1918-1959) (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 28415929