Raushenbush, Esther
Variant namesCollege president; interviewee married Carl Raushenbush.
From the description of Reminiscences of Esther Mohr Raushenbush : oral history, 1974. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309723401
From the description of Reminiscences of Esther Mohr Raushenbush : oral history, 1973. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309723385
Esther Mohr Raushenbush (1898-1980) joined the Sarah Lawrence College faculty in 1935 to teach literature. In 1946, she became Dean of the College, holding that position until 1957. At that point she returned to teaching and, in 1962, founded the Center for Continuing Education at SLC. Her responsibilities at Sarah Lawrence continued to shift when she was appointed President of the College in 1965, a post she held until 1969. Esther Raushenbush died in 1980.
From the description of Esther Mohr Raushenbush Papers, 1935-1980. (Sarah Lawrence College). WorldCat record id: 61390076
Professor and college president, Esther Mohr McGill Raushenbush was born November 22, 1898, to Jewish immigrant parents who had settled in Seattle, Washington. She received her A.B. (1921) and A.M. (1922) in English from the University of Washington. In 1923 she married Jerry McGill, a Harvard graduate student; she attended Radcliffe (1924-25) but did not complete her degree. After travel and study abroad, she taught at Wellesley and Barnard. She was divorced in 1932 and married Carl Raushenbush, a labor economist, in 1935. She was appointed professor of English at Sarah Lawrence College, where she later served as dean, founder and director of the Center for Continuing Education, and president. After her retirement, Raushenbush was consultant to the John Hay Whitney Foundation (1970-79), helping to develop programs for minorities. She was author of numerous articles on education and of The Student and His Studies (1964). She died in 1980.
From the description of Papers, 1945-1979 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007041
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| creatorOf | Harold Taylor (1914-1993) Papers | Sarah Lawrence College, Esther Raushenbush Library | |
| referencedIn | Records of the President of Radcliffe College, 1960-1972 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Presidents files, 1929-1981. | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| creatorOf | Raushenbush, Esther Mohr, 1898-1980. Reminiscences of Esther Mohr Raushenbush : oral history, 1973. | Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries | |
| creatorOf | Raushenbush, Esther Mohr, 1898-1980. Reminiscences of Esther Mohr Raushenbush : oral history, 1974. | Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries | |
| creatorOf | Raushenbush, Esther. Esther Mohr Raushenbush Papers, 1935-1980. | Sarah Lawrence College, Esther Raushenbush Library | |
| creatorOf | Raushenbush, Esther Mohr, 1898-1980. The reminiscences of Esther Raushenbush. | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Embree, Edwin R. (Edwin Rogers), 1883-1950. Edwin Rogers Embree papers, 1903-1956 (inclusive). | Yale University Library | |
| referencedIn | Records, 1961-1963 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Embree, Edwin Rogers, 1883-1950. Edwin Rogers Embree papers, 1903-1956 (inclusive). | Yale University Library | |
| creatorOf | Raushenbush, Esther. Papers, 1945-1979 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| creatorOf | Raushenbush, Esther. The reminiscences of Mrs. Esther Raushenbush : [oral history] / Esther Raushenbush ; interviews conducted by Kitty Gellhorn. | Sarah Lawrence College, Esther Raushenbush Library | |
| referencedIn | Sage Colleges Archives. Honorary degree recipient for 1962, Esther Raushenbush. | The Sage Colleges Libraries | |
| creatorOf | Singer, Andre, 1907-. Andre Singer Papers, 1907-1996. | Sarah Lawrence College, Esther Raushenbush Library |
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