Alice Freeman Palmer

Alice Freeman Palmer, around 1876

Alice Freeman Palmer (actually Alice Elvira Freeman , born February 21, 1855 in Colesville , New York , † December 6, 1902 in Paris ) was an American educator and founder of the American Association of University Women (AAUW).

Life

Alice Freeman was the daughter of a country doctor and grew up in Windsor , New York . In 1872 she studied at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and later taught at the girls' boarding school in Wisconsin . In 1879 Freeman came to the prestigious Wellesley College , where she held a chair in history . After the death of the founder, Henry Fowle Durant, Alice Freeman became the first woman president of the college (1882). During this time she met her future husband and professor at Harvard University , George Herbert Palmer (1842-1933), and married him in 1887. Alice Freeman Palmer fought for better education for girls and young women in the United States and founded the American Association of University Women . In 1892 she was appointed as the first female dean at the University of Chicago in Chicago . Alice Freeman Palmer died unexpectedly on a study tour in Paris at the age of 47.

Honors

On the grounds of Wellesley College is a memorial to Alice Freeman Palmer, sculpted by Daniel Chester French .
During the Second World War , a Liberty freighter was named SS Alice F. Palmer in honor of Alice Freeman Palmer .
She was also honored by being inducted into the Hall of Fame for Great Americans .

literature

Ruth Bordin: Alice Freeman Palmer: The Evolution of a New Woman , The University of Michigan Press
George Herbert Palmer: The Life of Alice Freeman Palmer , (2006) ISBN 1-4286-6050-X

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Alice Freeman Palmer: The Evolution of a New Woman ( Memento December 18, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

personal data
SURNAME	Freeman Palmer, Alice
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Freeman, Alice Elvira (maiden name); Palmer, Alice
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American educator
DATE OF BIRTH	February 21, 1855
PLACE OF BIRTH	Colesville , New York
DATE OF DEATH	December 6, 1902
Place of death	Paris

[1] Alice Freeman Palmer: The Evolution of a New Woman ( Memento December 18, 2007 in the Internet Archive )