Joel Read
Sister Joel Read (December 30, 1925 – May 25, 2017) was an American religious sister and the president of Alverno College from 1968 until 2003. [1]
Academic career
Read graduated from
Read retired in 2003. Her tenure as president is the longest of any college president in Alverno College's history.[3] In 2003, Read's work was recognized with an honorary doctorate from Marquette University.[4]
National Organization for Women
Read was one of the founding members of the National Organization for Women.[5] In this role, she worked alongside notable feminist such as Pauli Murray and the Catholic feminist academic Elizabeth Farians. Read was an outspoken feminist who wrote in 1973, "The whole intent of women's studies is infused into every course offered on our campus...a women's college is a feminist institution."[6]
National Commission on the Observance of International Women’s Year
In 1975, President Gerald Ford appointed Read to the National Commission on the Observance of International Women’s Year.[7]
Personal life
Janice Anne Read was born on December 30, 1925, in
References
- ^ "Alverno College to rename building in honor of Sister Joel Read". www.alverno.edu. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
- ^ "Sister Joel Read". Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters. 12 September 2012. Retrieved 2013-10-29.
- ^ Herzog, Karen (January 30, 2012). "Alverno's Sister Joel Read receives national honor". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
- ^ "Honoring Our Founders and Pioneers | National Organization for Women". now.org. 2014-02-09. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
- ISBN 978-0-7432-9986-2.
- ^ Turk, Katherine (2023). The Women of NOW: How Feminists Built an Organization That Transformed America. p. 53.
- ^ admin (2017-05-26). "Sister Joel Read, who shaped Milwaukee's Alverno College and was among nation's top college innovators, dies at 91". Veteran Feminists of America. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
- ^ "Read, Sister Joel (Janice) 1926 -". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-10-29.
- ^ a b Herzog, Karen (May 26, 2017). "Sister Joel Read, who shaped Milwaukee's Alverno College and was among nation's top college innovators, dies at 91". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
- ^ "Extension of Remarks: Congressional Record" (PDF). June 29, 2017.