White, Eva Whiting, 1885-1974
Eva Whiting was born in Webster, Mass., in 1880, daughter of Frederick Herbert and Marie Emma (Le Roy) Whiting. In 1902 she married Wesley Dunn Allen White. Having earned the first B.S. in social work from Simmons College in 1907, she pursued graduate studies in social work at the University of Wisconsin and Columbia University.
Whiting was Headworker at Elizabeth Peabody House (EPH), 1909-1944; professor of social economy at Simmons College, 1922-1950; non-resident lecturer at Bryn Mawr College, 1917- 29; member of the Boston Board of Public Welfare, 1925-1947; director of the Americanization and Immigration Division of the Massachusetts Board of Education, 1927-1950; and president of the Women's Educational and Industrial Union of Boston, 1929-1952. She was also active in other city, state, and federal government agencies concerned with health, education, and immigration.
From the guide to the Papers, 1900-1965, (Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute)
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| referencedIn | Women's Educational and Industrial Union (Boston, Mass.). Records, 1877-1980 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| creatorOf | Papers of Eva Whiting White, 1900-1965 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Records of The Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, 1942-2011 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America. Records of the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, 1942-2003 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Additional records, 1877-1977 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Cohen, Ethel, 1892-1977. Transcript of oral history, 1976. | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| creatorOf | White, Eva W. (Eva Whiting), 1885-1974. Papers, 1885-1974 (bulk: 1909-1974) | Simmons College, Beatley Library | |
| referencedIn | Unitarian Service Committee. Administrative Records, 1948-1953 | Andover-Harvard Theological Library | |
| referencedIn | Papers, 1915-1965 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Papers of Martha May Eliot, 1898-1975 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Papers of Ethel Cohen, 1918-1977 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Women's Educational and Industrial Union (Boston, Mass.). Additional records, 1877-1977 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Consumers' League of Massachusetts. Records, 1891-1955 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Additional records of the Women's Educational and Industrial Union (Boston, Mass.), 1877-2004 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Women's Educational and Industrial Union (Boston, Mass.). Additional records, 1877-1974 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Records, 1947-1961 | Andover-Harvard Theological Library | |
| referencedIn | Additional records, 1877-1974 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Solomon, Maida H. (Maida Herman), 1891-1988. Transcript of oral history, 1977. | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Records, 1891-1955 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Sheldon Glueck papers | Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138 | |
| referencedIn | Massachusetts Society for Social Health. Records, 1915-1965 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Audiovisual Records, Photographs, 1940-1980. | Andover-Harvard Theological Library |
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Person
Birth 1885
Death 1974
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