Gray papers, 1941-2001 (bulk 1941-1945).

United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve

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The United States entered WWII in 1941 and soon faced a serious shortage of manpower in the military. Congress, along with public interest and advocacy from various national organizations, forced the Department of the Navy (over considerable internal resistance) to start accepting women into their service to augment the many thousands of men already active in the war effort. On June 24, 1942, Congress passed an act to create a women's reserve as a branch of the Naval reserve; to be governed by ...

Stein, Kathryn F. (Kathryn Forney), 1902-1997

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Mount Holyoke College.

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The first official publication of Mount Holyoke Female Seminary was a catalogue issued in 1837 containing information about trustees, teachers, terms of admission, the course of study, the schedule for the year, Family Accommodations, and the Moral and Religious Influence at the school. Subsequent catalogues (with periodic updates) trace the growth of the institution and provide detailed information about the academic program and residential life for students at the College. These publications h...

Gray, Grace W. (Grace Warner), 1924-2001

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Grace Warner Gray was born November 20, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois to William Scott Gray, a professor at the University of Chicago, and Beatrice Warner Jardine Gray. She attended the University of Chicago High School from 1937-1941. She entered Mount Holyoke College in 1941 and in 1945 received her B.A. in zoology. Gray worked as a junior pharmacologist for two years at the William S. Merrell Company until she entered the University of Michigan in 1947. She earned her Ph.D. in pharmacology in 195...

Morgan, Ann Haven, 1882-1966

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Scientist and educator. B.A. Cornell University, 1906; Ph. D. Cornell, 1912. Instructor then professor Mount Holyoke College Zoology Dept., 1906-1947. Research focused on aquatic biology and on hibernation. Wrote and illustrated three books. One of three women in the 5th edition of "American Men of Science". Fellow of AAAS; member of American Society of Zoologists, Sigma Xi, and other organizations. From the description of Morgan papers, 1910-1966. (Lewis & Clark Library). WorldC...

Smith, Christianna, 1893-1983

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Boyd, Elizabeth Mifflin

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Ham, Roswell Gray, 1891-1983

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Branch, Leonora, 1893-1960

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