Berea College -- Dean of Women

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Records and materials of the Dean of Women including correspondence of Katharine S, Bowersox (Dean of Women, Alliance Dean of Women 1907-1939), reports, and booklets.

Abstract Committee of Berea College Deans and College Registrar.  The committee discussed and made decisions and created policy regarding a variety of matters such as student and campus group requests; registration and scheduling; residence hall and campus life; class, labor, chapel and convocation attendance; rules for men and women; permissions to leave campus; student orientation and advising; leaves of absence, readmissions, and probations; extra-curricular activities and campus events, and...

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Committee of Berea College Deans and College Registrar. The committee discussed and made decisions and created policy regarding a variety of academic and campus matters.

Abstract Julia Allen (1896-1974) was recruited to Berea College in 1932 as Assistant Dean of Women to succeed Katherine Bowersox, who had been Dean of Women since 1907. A Kentucky native, Allen studied at both Mt. Holyoke and the University of Chicago. Allen also had worked in a factory, tutored Italian children in Chicago, and directed YWCA summer camps. For five years she had taught Chinese girls at a mission school in Nanking. Her genuine interest in the students, her humor, intellect, and strong...

Abstract Ms. Welsh was born on October 19, 1862 in Gloucester, Massachusetts but spent most of her early life in Boothbay, Maine.  After graduating as Valedictorian from Gloucester High School in the spring of 1881, she entered Wellesley College in the fall of the same year.  After four years of enrollment in Wellesley’s Classical Course, Ms. Welsh graduated with a B.A. in Classical Languages in 1885. Upon graduation Ms. Welsh taught Latin, Greek, and English at several institutions including the...