Isabel Peard papers,[ca. 1933]-2004.

Cornell University. School of Education

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Peard, Isabel Jane, 1910-

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Professor of Education, Cornell University. Isabel Peard received her A.B. degree from the New York State Teachers College in Albany in 1932 and taught English in high schools in Montgomery and Millbrook, N.Y. She joined the U.S.O. Club in 1943 and served American troops as Program Director in San Luiz, Brazil and Club Director in Skagway, Alaska. She came to Cornell in 1946 as administrative assistant to the Dean of Women, and, in 1949, became director of the graduate t...

United Service Organizations (U.S.)

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The United Service Organizations (USO) was incorporated in the state of New York on February 4, 1941, as a joint operation by the YMCA, YWCA, National Catholic Community Service, the National Jewish Welfare Board, the Traveler's Aid Association, and the Salvation Army, to provide religious, spiritual, social, welfare, educational, and entertainment services to men and women in the armed forces during World War II. The USO has continued to provide these services to the present. From t...