Lilian Wyckoff Johnson

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Lilian Wyckoff Johnson
Born(1864-06-19)June 19, 1864
Memphis, Tennessee
DiedSeptember 22, 1956(1956-09-22) (aged 92)
Bradenton, Florida
NationalityAmerican
EducationPh.D.
Alma materWellesley College
University of Michigan
Cornell University
OccupationHistory teacher
Known forPresident of Western College for Women (1904−1906)
Parent(s)John Cumming Johnson
Elizabeth Fisher

Lilian Wyckoff Johnson (June 19, 1864 − September 22, 1956) was an American teacher of history and an advocate for rural reform and civil rights.[1]

She was born in

Women's Christian Temperance Union.[1] After an early education in private schools, in 1878 Lilian was sent to Dayton, Ohio to take refuge during a yellow fever outbreak; while there, she attended the Cooper Academy.[3] Her parents then sent the 15 year old Lilian and her sister to Wellesley College in 1879,[1] with the first two years being spent in preparatory school.[3] However, Lilian had to return home upon the death of her mother in 1883, and was unable to complete her studies.[1]

After spending a year at a State Normal School in

Medieval History doctorate was titled, Calvin and Religious Tolerance.[7]

Following her graduation, Lilian became a professor at the University of Tennessee,[6] teaching history in the newly formed Department of Education.[1] She helped to form the Southern Association of College Women in 1903, which served as an intercollegiate union of female graduate students from southern colleges.[8] From 1904 until 1906, she served as the president of Western College for Women, but was forced to retire from the position due to fatigue and ill health.[6] To recuperate, she traveled abroad, visiting Egypt, Greece, the Palestine, and Turkey.[1]

Lilian accepted a job to teach at

Tennessee Normal School opened in 1912. However, Lilian was not given a post at the school she had helped establish. Instead, after traveling to Europe, she joined David Lubin in establishing a commission to study the idea of establishing agricultural cooperatives in the United States. Their work was brought to a close with the start of World War I.[1]

In 1915, she settled at Summerfield near

Highlander Folk School, an interracial school, and relocated to Memphis to be near her family.[1]

She retired in Bradenton, Florida, where she worked for the Women's Christian Temperance Movement.[4]

References

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  2. ^ a b c d Leonard, John William, ed. (1914), Woman's Who's who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada, vol. 1, American Commonwealth Company, p. 435.
  3. ^ a b c d e Burns, James Jesse (1905), Educational history of Ohio, Historical Publishing Co., p. 468.
  4. ^ a b c "Johnson, Lilian Wyckoff, 1864-1956", The National Archives Catalog, retrieved 2015-12-17.
  5. ^ Vassar College (1895), Annual Catalogue, p. 11.
  6. ^
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  7. ^ Annals, vol. 20, American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1902, p. 406.
  8. ISBN 978-0820334684
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  9. ^ "Johnson, Lilian Wyckoff, 1864-1956", Social Networks and Archival Content, University of Virginia, retrieved 2015-12-17.

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