Thomas, Miss M. Carey. President of Bryn Mawr College, 1894-1922. Born in Baltimore 1857, daughter of Dr. James Carey and Mary (Whitall) Thomas. Graduate of Cornell 1877; studied at Johns Hopkins 1877-78; Leipzig University, Germany, 1879-83 (Ph.D., University of Zurich 1883; LL.D., Western University of Pennsylvania 1896). Professor of English 1885; dean, 1885-94 and president, 1894-1922 of Bryn Mawr College. First woman trustee of Cornell 1895-99; trustee of Bryn Mawr College from 1903. Author: "Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight," "Education of Women." Also "Should the Higher Education of Women Differ from That of Men?" and "The College," in "Educational Review." Also various educational addresses.

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