Julia Josephine Thomas Irvine (1848–1930)
was the fourth president of
Wellesley College, serving from 1894 to 1899.
Irvine was the daughter of Indiana suffragist Mary M. Thomas. A
Cornell University
Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to tea ...
graduate, she came to
Wellesley College as a professor of Greek in 1890. During her tenure as Wellesley president, she enacted a number of reforms and eliminated some of the rules for students such as silent time, domestic work, the prohibition on Sunday library hours and mandatory Chapel attendance. She replaced several professors, especially those without advanced degrees, as part of an overhaul of academic departments.
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She retired in 1899 and was succeeded as president by ]Caroline Hazard
Caroline Hazard (June 10, 1856 – March 19, 1945) was an American educator, philanthropist, and author. She served as the fifth president of Wellesley College, from 1899 to 1910.
Early life
Caroline Hazard was born in Peace Dale, Rhode Island i ...
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References
1848 births
1930 deaths
Cornell University alumni
Wellesley College faculty
Presidents of Wellesley College
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