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Women -- Education (Higher) -- United States

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Records:

Martha Peterson papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 953
Overview Jamestown, Kansas native Martha Peterson (1916-2006) served as Dean of Women at the University of Kansas and the University of Wisconsin, President of Barnard College, New York, and President of Beloit College, Wisconsin. Peterson, the first woman to serve on the board of ExxonMobil, also served on many other corporate boards. This collection of her papers reflects these activities, as well as her personal and family history. The collection includes professional and personal correspondence,...
Dates: 1830-2007 (bulk 1916-2006)

Maxine Bennett papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 993
Overview

Nebraska native Eleanor Maxine Bennett (1915-) served as an Otolaryngologist and Professor Emeritus of the University Medical School, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin. This collection of her papers reflects these activities, as well as her personal and family history, including professional and personal correspondence, newspaper clippings, and photographs.

Dates: 1830-2002; 1906-2002.; 1830 [?] - 1940.; circa 1870-1979; 1963, 1971-1980