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Pauline Tompkins
Pauline "Polly"
Tompkins
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
.
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. She was
general director
of the
American Association of University Women
from 1959 to 1967. 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.
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