History of South Norwalk, (Fairfield County) Connecticut United States of America

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The Biography of Mary Emma Woolley

Mary Emma Woolley, educator, was born in South Norwalk, Conn., July 13, 1863, daughter of the Rev. Joseph Judah and Mary Augusta (Ferris) Woolley; granddaughter of Joseph and Frances (Burroughs) Woolley, and of Stephen and Mary (Beers) Ferris. She attended Wheaton (Mass.) seminary, 1882-84; taught history in the seminary, 1886, and was one of the first two women to be graduated from Brown university, A.B., 1894, receiving the degree of A.M. in cursu. She was at the head of the department of Biblical history and literature, Wellesley college, 1895-1900, traveling in England and Scotland for the purpose of visiting the women's colleges in connection with the universities, and in 1900 became president of Mr. Holyoke college, South Hadley, Mass. She received the honorary degree of Litt.D. from Brown in 1900, and that of L.H.D. from Amherst, 1900; became a member of the Rhode Island Society for the Collegiate Education of Women; Brown Chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa society; American Institute of Social Service; Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis, and of the American Association for Maintaining a Woman's Table at Naples. She is the author of: Early History of the Colonial Post-Office (1894); and Development of the Love of Romantic Scenery in America (1896).

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor