Mary Emma Woolley
Mary Emma Woolley (July 13, 1863 – September 5, 1947) was an American educator, peace activist and women's suffrage supporter.During Woolley's presidency, she built a strong faculty, attracting scholars from the most prestigious graduate schools by offering increased salaries, fellowships, and sabbaticals.Woolley also attempted to improve the quality of students admitted to Mount Holyoke, after raising admission standards, introducing honors programs and general examinations for seniors.[3] Woolley also managed to devote her time to a number of organizations during her presidency, advocating for social reform of all kinds, including suffrage, pacifism and church matters.She gained international recognition after President Hoover appointed her as a delegate to the Conference on Reduction and Limitation of Armaments, which met in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1932.[4] In 1900, Woolley was one of 60 signers of the "Call for the Lincoln Emancipation Conference to Discuss Means for Securing Political and Civil Equality for the Negro", a document that created the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.Many of the Board members who supported this approach believed that Mount Holyoke College had become "overfeminized" with most of the departments headed by women and male faculty in a small minority.Some looked to Mount Holyoke as a place where graduates of Yale University might find jobs and felt that hiring a male president would make that more likely.The vote at the June 6, 1936 Board meeting just achieved the required majority despite eloquent pleas from trustee Frances Perkins (a Mount Holyoke alumna and Secretary of Labor), Woolley and members of the faculty.
Mary E. Woolley ChamberlainElizabeth Storrs MeadRoswell G. HamSouth Norwalk, ConnecticutJeannette Augustus MarksAlma materBrown UniversityProfessorpeace activistwomen's suffrageMount Holyoke CollegeMeriden, ConnecticutPawtucket, Rhode IslandProvidence High SchoolWheaton SeminaryNorton, MassachusettsOxford UniversityElisha Benjamin Andrewsbiblical historyWellesley CollegeWomen's CollegeAmherst Collegefemale educationMary LyonlesbianpacifismAmerican Civil Liberties UnionLeague of NationsHerbert HooverFranklin D. RooseveltAmerican Association of University WomenConference on Reduction and Limitation of ArmamentsGeneva, SwitzerlandY.W.C.A.Phi Beta KappaNational Consumers' LeagueNational Association for the Advancement of Colored PeopleYale UniversityFrances PerkinsWestport, New Yorkcerebral hemorrhageLincoln CenterEncyclopedia AmericanaWikisourceProject GutenbergInternet ArchiveRhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame Women InducteesGlenna Collett VareEileen FarrellRuth HusseyPaula DeubelCarole Garnett-WheelerClara LaMoreJanet MoreauAlbina OsipowichLois Ann TestaJoAnne CarnerJune Rockwell LevyMary Tucker ThorpJean MadeiraRuth BuzziIda SilvermanMargaret F. AckroydMatilda Sissieretta Joyner JonesAntoinette DowningPrincess Red WingFlorence K. MurrayAnna TuckerKatherine Urquhart WarrenKatharine GibbsOlive F. WileyAde BethuneLizzie MurphyHelen Adelia Rowe MetcalfArlene VioletMary DyerSylvia HassenfeldAnne HutchinsonMaria SpacagnaHelen Metcalf DanforthAnn Smith FranklinSarah Updike GoddardPrudence CrandallDoris DukeMary Elizabeth SharpeHarriet WareElizabeth Buffum ChaceMary Francis Xavier WardeCatharine R. WilliamsChristiana Carteaux BannisterPaulina Kellogg Wright DavisJulia Ward HoweVictoria LederbergSara DeCosta-HayesLynne JewellHelen JohnsKatie King-CrowleyFrances Harriet Whipple Green McDougallHarriet MetcalfAileen RigginLila SapinsleySarah Helen WhitmanSarah Elizabeth DoyleIda LewisBarbara H. RobertsAnna Garlin SpencerMaud Howe ElliottAnnie Smith PeckKathleen S. ConnellSusan FarmerCaroline HazardJane StuartKaren AdamsMary C. WheelerWilma BriggsBillie Ann BurrillMartha McSallyLucy Rawlings TootellIsabelle Ahearn O'NeillAbby Aldrich RockefellerGertrude I. JohnsonMargaret McKennaMary T. WalesPauline MaierSarah J. EddyRose E. Weaver