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Jill Ker Conway AC (9 October 1934 – 1 June 2018) was an Australian-American scholar and author. Well known for her autobiographies, in particular her first memoir, The Road from Coorain, she also was Smith College 's first woman president (1975–1985) and most recently served as a visiting professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- Australian-American
- Writer
- The Road from Coorain
- John Conway (d. 1995)
Jun 4, 2018 · After a decade leading Smith, she wrote three acclaimed memoirs, among other books, and championed feminist causes and ideas. In 2013 she was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President ...
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4 days ago · Jill Ker Conway (born October 9, 1934, Hillston, New South Wales, Australia—died June 1, 2018, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.) was an Australian-born American scholar, the first woman president of Smith College (1975–85), whose research as a historian focused on the role of feminism in American history.
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Today we're going to remember Jill Ker Conway, who influenced many women as a feminist, memoirist, women's history scholar and the first woman president of Smith College, one of the largest...
Jun 4, 2018 · Jill Ker Conway, a historian who chronicled the role of women in American society and then made history of her own, serving as the first female president of Smith College and one of the first...
Jill Ker Conway (1934-2018) began her tenure as Smith’s first woman president in 1975, at a time when women’s rights and ascension into the professions were reshaping society. She built her presidency around, as she noted in her inaugural address, fostering “research and the creation of new knowledge.”.
Jun 3, 2018 · Jill Ker Conway, a historian who chronicled the role of women in American society and then made history of her own, serving as the first female president of Smith College and one of the first...
