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Helen C. White

American professor of English · United States · On the map · Academics · Lived 1896 to 1967 · aged 70

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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1967Died7 June 19671944Siena MedalAward1942Laetare MedalAward1928Guggenheim FellowshipAward1896Born26 November 1896

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Awards

Siena Medal1944
Laetare Medal1942
Guggenheim Fellowship1928
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

About this person

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.

Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1896 to 1967 · aged 70