Edna Ella Duge (November 8, 1902 – April 25, 1985) was an American educator. She was associated with the

Institute of International Education The Institute of International Education (IIE) is a 501(c) organization which focuses on international student exchange and aid, foreign affairs, and international peace and security. IIE creates programs of study and training for students, educa ...

for much of her career, as director of the Latin-American Department in the 1940s, and as director of the Alumni Relations Division in the 1960s.

Early life and education

Duge was from

Greenwich, Connecticut Greenwich (, ) is a New England town, town in southwestern Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. At the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the town had a total population of 63,518. The largest town on Connecticut's Gold Coast (Conne ...

, the daughter of John L. Duge and Mary A. Gerold Duge. Her father was a carpenter; her father and both maternal grandparents were born in Germany. She graduated from

Wellesley College Wellesley College is a private women's liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1870 by Henry and Pauline Durant as a female seminary, it is a member of the original Seven Sisters Colleges, an unofficial g ...

in 1925. She earned a master's degree at

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

in 1946, with a thesis titled "

José Vasconcelos José Vasconcelos Calderón (28 February 1882 – 30 June 1959), called the "cultural " of the Mexican Revolution, was an important Mexican writer, philosopher, and politician. He is one of the most influential and controversial personalities ...

: A Study of his Attitudes Towards the United States."

Career

After college, Duge was secretary at the International Migration Service, and executive secretary of the Institute de las Españas en los Estados Unidos at Columbia University. She was secretary to Stephen P. Duggan, the director of the Institute of International Education in 1928, when she made a two-month tour of German colleges; she was director of the institute's Latin-American Department in the 1940s. She toured in South America for three months in 1940, meeting with educators and promoting student exchanges between the United States and Latin American countries. In 1946, she was a co-author on the research report ''The Administration of Section Fourteen of the

Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) is a United States labor law that creates the right to a minimum wage, and "time-and-a-half" overtime pay when people work over forty hours a week. It also prohibits employment of minors in "oppres ...

in Regard to Handicapped Workers: a Study in the Exercise of Administrative Discretion''. In 1949, she was one of fourteen Americans rescued from flooding and mudslides in Guatemala. Duge represented the Institute on a tour in Texas and Oklahoma in 1950. She took particular interest in encouraging women to consider study-abroad programs. In the 1960s she was head of the Institute's Alumni Relations Division, and conducted research on college study-abroad participation among American foreign service officers.

Personal life

Duge died in 1985, aged 82 years, in Greenwich.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Duge, Edna 1902 births 1985 deaths People from Greenwich, Connecticut Wellesley College alumni American educators