Ellen Fitz Pendleton
Ellen Fitz Pendleton (August 7, 1864 – July 26, 1936) was an American educator. She was president of Wellesley College for 25 years and notably expanded it financially and physically.
Early life
Pendleton was born in Westerly, Rhode Island on August 7, 1864.[1] She was the youngest of nine children of Enoch Burrows Pendleton and Mary Ette (Chapman) Pendleton,[2] and a descendant of Brian Pendleton who was the first in her family line to immigrate to America from England in 1632 and settled in Watertown, Massachusetts.[3]
Career
Pendleton attended Wellesley College and received her
In 1897, Pendleton became secretary at Wellesley College,[2] holding that position until 1901 at which time she became associate professor of mathematics and put in charge of College Hall. In 1902, she became dean of the college.[4] She served as acting president in 1910 before assuming the presidency as the sixth president of Wellesley College.[3] She was inaugurated October 19, 1911,[2] being the first woman graduate to be elected president.[5]
Pendleton initiated a major rebuilding of the college facility grounds. College Hall was destroyed by fire in March 1914. This building had the classrooms, offices, dormitory quarters, and library. Pendleton built temporary quarters for her students within three weeks to hold classes. Over the next ten years a 3-million-dollar campaign she promoted resulted in construction of several new buildings. Before Pendleton retired she initiated many new buildings on the college grounds and created a $10-million endowment during her presidency; she was president of Wellesley College for 25 years.[5]
Pendleton was a supporter of
Pendleton was a member of the Wellesley College examination board and helped liberalize the structure of the exams. She was the first woman to serve on a panel to award the
Retirement and death
Pendleton gave her intentions to retire from Wellesley College in February 1935.
References
- ^ Educational 1911, p. 571.
- ^ a b c d e f "Miss Pendleton College Head, Dies". The New York Times. New York City. July 27, 1936.
- ^ a b c White 1926, p. 191.
- ^ Barnhart 1954, p. 3129.
- ^ a b c "Ellen Fitz Pendleton". Encyclopædia Britannica. 2016. Retrieved Jan 25, 2016.
- ^ a b c Ogilvie 2000, p. 1002.
- ^ Randall, Mercedes Moritz (1964). Improper Bostonian: Emily Greene Balch, Nobel Peace Laureate, 1946. New York: Twayne Publishers. pp. 364, 378.
- ^ Read 1992, p. 338.
- ^ "American Peace Award". Archived from the original on 2010-04-15. Retrieved 2016-01-26.
- ^ Colby 1917, p. 282.
- Newspapers.com.
- ^ Commire 2007, p. 1494.
- ^ "Ellen Fitz Pendleton". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. July 28, 1936. p. X6.
- Newspapers.com.
- Daily Boston Globe. Boston, Mass. July 27, 1936. p. 1.
- ^ "Ellen Fitz Pendleton". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
Sources
- Barnhart, Clarence L. (1954). Cyclopedia of Names. Appleton-Century-Crofts.
- Colby, Frank Moore (1917). The New International Encyclopædia. Dodd, Mead and Company.
- Commire, Anne (2007). Dictionary of Women Worldwide: M-Z. Thomson Gale. ISBN 978-0-7876-9394-7.
- Educational (1911). The American Educational Review. American Educational Company.
- Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey (2000). Dictionary of Women. ISBN 978-0-415-92040-7.
- Read, Phyllis J. (1992). Women's Firsts. ISBN 978-0-679-40975-5.
Ellen Fitz Pendleton was the first woman to serve as juror to award the American Peace Prize (1923).
- White (1926). "Ellen Fitz Pendleton". National Cyclopedia Am Biography. J.T. White & Company.
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