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'''Pauline "Polly" Tompkins''' (March 5, 1918 - November 19, 2004<ref name=SSDI />) was the first woman President of [[Cedar Crest College]] in [[Allentown, Pennsylvania]], in the [[United States]] and a pioneer in American education and women's education.<ref name="Cedar Crest">{{cite web |
'''Pauline "Polly" Tompkins''' (March 5, 1918 - November 19, 2004<ref name=SSDI />) was the first woman President of [[Cedar Crest College]] in [[Allentown, Pennsylvania]], in the [[United States]] and a pioneer in American education and women's education.<ref name="Cedar Crest">{{cite web|url=http://www.cedarcrest.edu/Redesign/pressreleases/Nov192004.asp |title=DR. PAULINE TOMPKINS DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR- PASSES AWAY |format= |work=Cedar Crest College |accessdate=2008-10-20 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/20070929090933/http://www.cedarcrest.edu/Redesign/pressreleases/Nov192004.asp |archivedate=September 29, 2007 }}</ref> |
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Tompkins was born in [[Rhinelander, Wisconsin]] and graduated from [[Pine Manor College]] in 1938 and [[Mount Holyoke College]] in 1941, [[Phi Beta Kappa]]. She received her Ph.D. from [[Tufts University]] in 1948.<ref name="Times Record">{{cite news |url=http://www.timesrecord.com/website/archives.nsf/56606056e44e37508525696f00737257/8525696e00630dfe05256f5400586d09?OpenDocument |title=Pauline Tompkins |date=November 22, 2004 |work=[[The Times Record (Maine)|The Times-Record]] }}</ref> She was general director of the [[American Association of University Women]] from 1959 to 1967.<ref name="Cedar Crest"/><ref name="Eisenmann">{{cite book |author=Eisenmann, Linda |title=Higher Education for Women in Postwar America, 1945-1965 |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |location=Baltimore |year=2006 |isbn=0-8018-8261-3 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate= |page=156}}</ref><ref name="Levine">{{cite book |author=Levine, Susan |title=Degrees Of Equality: The American Association of University Women and the Challenge of Twentieth-Century Feminism |publisher=Temple University Press |location=Philadelphia |year=1995 |isbn=1-56639-326-4 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate= |page=104}}</ref> She was appointed by President Johnson to the nine-member [[United States Advisory Commission on International Education and Cultural Affairs]] in 1964. She was chairman of the board of [[The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching]] from 1974 to 1976.<ref name="Cedar Crest"/> |
Tompkins was born in [[Rhinelander, Wisconsin]] and graduated from [[Pine Manor College]] in 1938 and [[Mount Holyoke College]] in 1941, [[Phi Beta Kappa]]. She received her Ph.D. from [[Tufts University]] in 1948.<ref name="Times Record">{{cite news |url=http://www.timesrecord.com/website/archives.nsf/56606056e44e37508525696f00737257/8525696e00630dfe05256f5400586d09?OpenDocument |title=Pauline Tompkins |date=November 22, 2004 |work=[[The Times Record (Maine)|The Times-Record]] }}</ref> She was general director of the [[American Association of University Women]] from 1959 to 1967.<ref name="Cedar Crest"/><ref name="Eisenmann">{{cite book |author=Eisenmann, Linda |title=Higher Education for Women in Postwar America, 1945-1965 |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |location=Baltimore |year=2006 |isbn=0-8018-8261-3 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate= |page=156}}</ref><ref name="Levine">{{cite book |author=Levine, Susan |title=Degrees Of Equality: The American Association of University Women and the Challenge of Twentieth-Century Feminism |publisher=Temple University Press |location=Philadelphia |year=1995 |isbn=1-56639-326-4 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate= |page=104}}</ref> She was appointed by President Johnson to the nine-member [[United States Advisory Commission on International Education and Cultural Affairs]] in 1964. She was chairman of the board of [[The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching]] from 1974 to 1976.<ref name="Cedar Crest"/> |
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Pauline "Polly" Tompkins (March 5, 1918 - November 19, 2004[1]) was the first woman President of Cedar Crest College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in the United States and a pioneer in American education and women's education.[2]
Tompkins was born in Rhinelander, Wisconsin and graduated from Pine Manor College in 1938 and Mount Holyoke College in 1941, Phi Beta Kappa. She received her Ph.D. from Tufts University in 1948.[3] She was general director of the American Association of University Women from 1959 to 1967.[2][4][5] She was appointed by President Johnson to the nine-member United States Advisory Commission on International Education and Cultural Affairs in 1964. She was chairman of the board of The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching from 1974 to 1976.[2]
Published works
- Pauline Tompkins (1949). American-Russian Relations in the Far East. Macmillan.
References
- ^ "PAULINE TOMPKINS (1918-2004) - Social Security Death Index"
- ^ a b c "DR. PAULINE TOMPKINS DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR- PASSES AWAY". Cedar Crest College. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Pauline Tompkins". The Times-Record. November 22, 2004.
- ^ Eisenmann, Linda (2006). Higher Education for Women in Postwar America, 1945-1965. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 156. ISBN 0-8018-8261-3.
- ^ Levine, Susan (1995). Degrees Of Equality: The American Association of University Women and the Challenge of Twentieth-Century Feminism. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. p. 104. ISBN 1-56639-326-4.
External links
- Cedar Crest College Biography
- "Pauline Tompkins". The Times-Record. November 22, 2004.