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Logan, Anne – History of Education, 2021
This article concerns the educational philosophy of S. Margery Fry (1874-1958) and its impact upon the design, organisation and functions of university residences for women in the twentieth century. According to Carol Dyhouse, Fry, the only woman on the University Grants Committee from 1919 to 1947, 'exerted considerable influence over the shape…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, College Housing, Foreign Countries, Educational History
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McGonigal, Kathryn; Galliher, John F. – American Sociologist, 2008
Sociologist Mabel Agnes Elliott was elected the fourth president of the Society for the Study of Social Problems in 1956-1957 and was the first woman to hold this position. She was an anti-war activist, a feminist and a creative and diligent writer. Yet she experienced many challenges. The Federal Bureau of Investigation kept an active file on…
Descriptors: Females, Sociology, Social Scientists, Biographies