knowhomo: LGBTQ* People You Should Know Mary Emma Woolley  * Jul 1, 1863  to 1947Born in Connecticut, but raised in Pawtucket, Rhode Island and attended high school in Providence. * First woman graduate of Brown University (1894) — President of Mount Holyoke College for 37 years, staunch advocate of women’s education and pacifist. 1932 represented the United States at the Geneva Conference on Reduction and Limitation of Armaments. *Lifelong companion of Jeanette Marks, Professor of English at Mount Holyoke. (information/text from Rhode Island Queer History)

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LGBTQ* People You Should Know

Mary Emma Woolley

 * Jul 1, 1863  to 1947Born in Connecticut, but raised in Pawtucket, Rhode Island and attended high school in Providence.

* First woman graduate of Brown University (1894) — President of Mount Holyoke College for 37 years, staunch advocate of women’s education and pacifist. 1932 represented the United States at the Geneva Conference on Reduction and Limitation of Armaments.

*Lifelong companion of Jeanette Marks, Professor of English at Mount Holyoke.

(information/text from Rhode Island Queer History)

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