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Edith Abbott (1876- 1957) ... Edith Abbott was born in Grand Island, Nebraska o September 26, 1876. Her parents' names were Elizabeth Griffin and Othman Abbott. The Abbots had four beautiful children, in which Edith was the second sibling. Edith's mother was a feminist, abolitionist, republican, and Quaker.
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Edith Abbott - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Edith Abbott, address on social investigation, manuscript. ... 1876-1957; Edith Abbott drove her students hard, and her standards were high. One student commented, "[s]he really is a beautiful woman, but she scares me spitless." Such rigor was basic to Abbott's larger approach.
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Edith Abbott was born in Grand Island, Nebraska to active, civic minded parents. Her mother was an abolitionist and women's suffrage leader and her father was the first Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska. ... Edith Abbott (1876-1957)
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OCP Home > Women Working Home > Browse > People > Edith Abbott ... Edith Abbott was born in Grand Island, Nebraska to active, civic minded parents. Her mother was an abolitionist and women's suffrage leader and her father was the first Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska.
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Edith Abbott was recruited to the School in 1908, just prior to its incarnation as the Chicago School of Civics and Philanthropy. Her work paved the way for the School's merger into the University of Chicago, and in 1924, she became its Dean--the first female dean of any graduate school in the United States.
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Edith Abbott (l876-l957) ... Edith Abbott, an educator, social reformer, and author, became the first woman dean in the School of Social Services at the University of Chicago (l924-l942),and the first dean of a graduate school in an American university.
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Research Abbott Edith and other related topics by using the free encyclopedia at the Questia.com online library. ... books on: Abbott Edith - 2334 results...
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Edith Abbott became the first woman dean in the School of Social Services at the University of Chicago (1924-42), and the first dean of a graduate school in an American university.
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