Alice Freeman Palmer
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 19th Century
- Categories: Women’s Issues, Education
- Subcategories: Teaching, Teachers, Feminism, Feminists, Women’s Rights
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, Women’s History, American Civil War & Reconstruction Era (1856-1877), American History 1878-1900
Article abstract: The second president of Wellesley College, Palmer championed the cause of educational reform for women, greatly influencing attitudes of educators and society at large concerning the need for quality education for women at every level.
Early Life
Alice Elvira Freeman was the oldest of four children born to James Warren Freeman and Elizabeth Josephine Higley Freeman on a farm in Colesville, New York. When Alice was nine years old, her father decided to pursue his interest in medicine in hope of improving the family economic situation....
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