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Helen C. White

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American professor of English

United StatesAcademicsLived 1896 to 1967 · aged 70
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Helen Constance White was an American academic who was a professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. White twice served as the English department chair and was the first woman to become a full professor in the university's College of Letters and Science.

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1944Siena Medal
1942Laetare Medal
1928Guggenheim Fellowship
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Helen Constance White was an American academic who was a professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. White twice served as the English department chair and was the first woman to become a full professor in the university's College of Letters and Science. She was also the first woman elected president of the American Association of University Professors, and a president of the American Association of University Women (AAUW), University of Wisconsin Teachers' Union, and University Club. White wrote six novels and numerous nonfiction books and articles.

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United States
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Academics
Type
Academic
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deceased
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Lived 1896 to 1967 · aged 70
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6 languages

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