Jill Ker Conway
✓ Source-basedstableAustralian-American author and academic
Jill Ker Conway was an Australian-American scholar and author. Well known for her autobiographies, in particular her first memoir, The Road from Coorain, she also was Smith College's first woman president (1975-1985) and most recently served as a visiting professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Frank ShuAlso won Harvard Centennial Medal
Swanee HuntAlso won PEN New England Award
Shridath RamphalAlso won Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia
Mary Ann GlendonAlso won National Humanities Medal
Linda DessauAlso won Victorian Honour Roll of WomenSvetlana AlpersAlso won Harvard Centennial MedalAbout this person
Jill Ker Conway was an Australian-American scholar and author. Well known for her autobiographies, in particular her first memoir, The Road from Coorain, she also was Smith College's first woman president (1975-1985) and most recently served as a visiting professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 2004 she was designated a Women's History Month Honoree by the National Women's History Project. She was a recipient of the National Humanities Medal.
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