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ERIC Number: EJ515299
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-1056-3997
From Matron to Maven: A New Role and New Professional Identity for Deans of Women, 1892 to 1916.
Nidiffer, Jana
Mid-Western Educational Researcher, v8 n4 p17-24 Fall 1995
Traces the careers of four women who were instrumental in transforming the position of dean of women from dormitory matron into professional administrator. These women were Marion Talbot, University of Chicago, 1892-1925; Mary Bidwell Breed, Indiana University, 1901-06; Ada Louise Comstock, University of Minnesota, 1906-12; and Lois Kimball Mathews, University of Wisconsin, 1911-18. (Author/SV)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Biographies, Coeducation, Deans of Students, Educational History, Higher Education, Universities, Women Administrators, Womens Education
Publication Type: Historical Materials; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Professionalization
Note: Special issue on midwestern educational history.