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Jill Ker Conway

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Australian-American author and academic

United StatesWritersLived 1934 to 2018 · aged 83
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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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2013Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia
2012National Humanities Medal
2001Victorian Honour Roll of Women
1989PEN New England Award
Harvard Centennial Medal

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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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Lived 1934 to 2018 · aged 83
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