Elizabeth Storrs Mead

Elizabeth Storrs Mead (May 21, 1832 - March 25, 1917) was an American educator who was the 10th President of Mount Holyoke College from 1890 - 1900. She taught at Andover Seminary and Oberlin College, before becoming the first non-alumna president of Mount Holyoke.[1]

Elizabeth Storrs Mead
10th President of
Mount Holyoke College
In office
1890–1900
Preceded byLouisa F. Cowles
Succeeded byMary Emma Woolley
Personal details
Born
Elizabeth Billings

(1832-05-21)May 21, 1832
Conway, Massachusetts
DiedMarch 25, 1917(1917-03-25) (aged 84)
Resting placeAndover, Massachusetts
Alma materIpswich Female Seminary
ProfessionProfessor

Biography

Elizabeth Storrs was born in 1832 in Conway, Massachusetts. She was educated in the common schools and at the seminary of Ipswich, Massachusetts. She received the degrees of M.A. from Oberlin College and L.H.D. from Smith College.[2]

For one year, she taught in the high school of Northampton, Massachusetts. For six years, she conducted a family school with a sister of Andover, Massachusetts. For two years she taught in Oberlin College; and for six years taught at Abbott Seminary of Andover. In 1890-1900, she was president of Mount Holyoke college.[2]

She married Reverend Hiram Mead.[2] They were the parents of social psychologist George Herbert Mead.[3]

See also

References
  1. "President Elizabeth Storrs Billings Mead Records, 1893-1912". Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections. 2004-07-16. Archived from the original on 2005-02-12.
  2. Herringshaw 1914, p. 146.
  3. Cowles, Louise F. (1917). "Mrs. Elizabeth Storrs Mead". Mount Holyoke Alumnae Quarterly: 74–82 – via The Mead Project.

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