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Educators: Alice Palmer

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Women's Education - The Story of Alice

Alice was the first female college president in american history. She made waves as a promoter of women's education. Education she argued made women into wise, self respecting civic leaders. In 18 87, alice surprised the world of academia by getting married. Her husband, george palmer, was a philosophy professor at harvard. That same year, alice announced that she was suffering from tuberculosis and resigned from wellesley's presidency.

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