Thesis, 1983.

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Thesis, 1983.

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Honors thesis, "Entering the 20th century: the role of women in higher education; case studies of Frances Rousmaniere Dewing, Mary Whiton Calkins, and Ethel Puffer Howes." Survey of graduate education and subsequent careers of three women psychologists who studied in the Harvard Philosophy Department at the turn of the century.

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Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Howes, Ethel Puffer, 1872-1950

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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...

Mayers, Leslie Helen.

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Leslie Helen Mayers received her A.B. from Radcliffe in 1983. From the description of Thesis, 1983. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007605 ...

Calkins, Mary Whiton, 1863-1930

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Radcliffe College

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Vocational short courses and institutes were initiated by the Radcliffe Appointment Bureau to train students for careers after graduation. Among these courses were: the Institute on Historical and Archival Management, 1954-1960; Communications for the Volunteer, 1965-1968; Summer Secretarial Course, 1935-1955, and the Radcliffe Publishing Course (formerly Publishing Procedures Course), 1947-, which continues to offer a six-week summer course in publishing. From the description of Rad...