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Ella Weed (born 27 January 1853 in Newburgh NY - died 10 January 1894 in New York NY) was an American educator, "the guiding spirit in the first four years" of
Barnard College Barnard College of Columbia University is a private women's liberal arts college in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It was founded in 1889 by a group of women led by young student activist Annie Nathan Meyer, who petitioned Columbia ...
.Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz, ''Alma mater: design and experience in the women's colleges from their nineteenth-century beginnings to the 1930s'', Univ of Massachusetts Press, 1993, pp. 135-7


Life

After graduating from
Vassar College Vassar College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Founded in 1861 by Matthew Vassar, it was the second degree-granting institution of higher education for women in the United States, closely follo ...
, Ella Weed became principal of Miss Brown's School for Girls in
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Annie Nathan Meyer Annie Nathan Meyer (February 19, 1867 – September 23, 1951) was an American author, an anti-suffragist, and a promoter of higher education for women who founded Barnard College. Her sister was the activist Maud Nathan and her nephew the autho ...
interested her in the effort to establish Barnard College. Weed attracted financial support for the venture, and became the paid chairman of the Academic Committee.


Works

*''A Foolish Virgin: a novel'', 1883. A satirical novel about a Vassar graduate who tries to hide her intelligence and education. * ''Pearls Strung by Ella Weed'', 1898. A posthumously-published anthology of selections from Weed's favorite authors.


References

1853 births 1894 deaths American educators Vassar College alumni Presidents of Barnard College {{US-edu-bio-stub