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+ | ====== Cushman, Esther Cowles ====== | ||
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+ | The class of 1905 boasted the first women--two of them--to complete the four-year course and graduate with bachelor of science degrees. | ||
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+ | Esther Cowles Cushman, class of 1905, was born in Bridgeport, Conn., in 1883 and later moved to Northampton, | ||
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+ | For several years Cushman taught school--which she did not enjoy--before becoming a librarian, first at the Providence (R.I.) Public Library, and ultimately at Brown University where she managed the newly acquired McLellan Lincoln Collection donated by John D. Rockefeller, | ||
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+ | ==== References ==== | ||
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+ | * Class of 1905 Records (RG 50/6), Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries | ||
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+ | * //Index// of 1903 | ||
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+ | * //Index// of 1905 | ||
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+ | * //Index// of 1906 | ||
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+ | * See also [[w: | ||