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Hettie Gray Baker
Hettie Gray Baker was born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1881 and completed a “special course” in Library Science at Simmons sometime before 1907. She worked at the Hartford Public Library and then as a legal librarian at the Hartford Bar Library…
Helen Louise Burr '03
Helen Louise Burr was born in Dedham, Massachusetts in 1870, and attended Melrose Public Schools. She earned a BA from Wellesley College in 1893, and then a graduate degree in Domestic Science from Simmons in 1903.
A supporter of women’s…
A supporter of women’s…
Portrait of Sarah Louise Arnold
This portrait of Dean Sarah Louise Arnold was painted in 1929 during Arnold’s tenure as a trustee of Massachusetts Agricultural College. The artist is unknown.
Wilda C. (Strong) Peck Mackenzie
Wilda Claire Strong was born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, in 1890 to Clara (Stoll) Strong and Dr. Hamilton Strong, a dentist. She graduated from the nearby Plymouth High School in 1907 and enrolled at Western Reserve University for a one-year library…
"Says Russian Women Might Get Vote First"
Gertrude Barish, '19, addressed a suffrage committee in Boston and warned that Russian women would get the vote before American women. She was a sophomore at Simmons when she gave this speech.
