Biography Helen Bunge graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1928. She went on to receive a Masters of the Arts degree from Teachers College, Columbia University in 1936. Bunge served as head nurse at the Wisconsin General Hospital and later became assistant director at the University’s School of Nursing. In 1952, she organized the …
Biography Marie L. Carns earned a degree in French Language and Literature from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1915. During her time as a student, Carns played tennis and hockey, which informed her accomplished career in physical education. Carns attended Wellesley College and received a certificate in Hygiene and Physical Education. Her first teaching position …
Biography Helen Dawe began her accomplished career of service as a nursery school teacher and assistant in Parent Education in with a Ph. D. from the State University of Iowa. She came to the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1941 as an Assistant Professor in the School of Home Economics, Home Management, Family Resources and Consumer …
Biography Flora May Hanning was a Professor of Home Economics for 20 years at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. A native of Evansville, Indiana, she received her undergraduate degree in chemistry from Evansville College. In 1954, Evansville College awarded Hanning an honorary doctorate. Hanning later earned her Master’s degree in biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin–Madison …
Biography Gertrude Johnson received a Bachelor of Arts degree from New Hampshite Conference College in 1896 before coming to the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1910. Here, she organized and directed the University Pioneer Educational Theatre Program. Through her hard work and dedication, she developed the first courses for credit in oral interpretation of literature and …
Biography Louise Phelps Kellogg is a noted historian, author and editor. Born May 12, 1862 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Kellogg graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and also studied in Paris and London. In 1901, she was appointed Research Assistant in the library of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin where her work had a lasting …
Biography Helen Pearson, born in 1900 in Lancaster, Wisconsin, she earned her undergraduate education at the University of Madison–Wisconsin and her Master’s in Textiles and Clothing at Columbia University in New York. She taught Home Economics in two Wisconsin high schools and was a County Home Agent in South Dakota, Maryland and Wisconsin for a …
Biography Blanche Trilling attended Belmont College, the Cincinnati College of Music, and was certified in Physical Education from Wellesley College before becoming Director of Physical Education for Women at the University of Missouri from 1909-1910. During the next two years, she was an Associate Director at the Chicago Teachers’ College, and in 1912, she became …
Biography Elizabeth A. Waters, a native of Fond du Lac, earned her Bachelor of Science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1885 with Phi Beta Kappa honors and pursued graduate study at the University of Minnesota, the University of Chicago, and the Milwaukee German Academy. She taught at Neenah High School and in the Minneapolis …