Millicent Carey McIntosh

Millicent Carey McIntosh (November 30, 1898 – January 3, 2001) was an educational administrator and American feminist who led the Brearley School (1930–1947), and most prominently Barnard College (1947–1962).[1] The first married woman to head one of the Seven Sisters, she was "considered a national role model for generations of young women who wanted to combine career and family," advocating for working mothers and for child care as a dignified profession.[2]

Millicent Carey McIntosh, circa 1956

Early life

McIntosh was born in Baltimore, Maryland on November 30, 1898 to Anthony Morris Carey and Margaret Cheston Thomas, both active Quakers.[3] She was also a Quaker.[4] Her mother was a member of Bryn Mawr College's first graduating class (1889).[5] Her aunt, M. Carey Thomas, also a leader in women's education, founded the Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore.[2][3]

McIntosh attended Bryn Mawr College for her undergraduate, majoring in Greek and English and graduating in 1920 magna cum laude.[3][5] McIntosh studied economics at Cambridge University, and earned an English Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University with a dissertation on 14th century mystery plays.[2] After graduating with her Ph.D. in 1926, McIntosh became an assistant professor of English at Bryn Mawr College.[5] Shortly afterward, we was appointed dean of freshman and then acting dean of the college. Later, she headed the Brearley School for seventeen years,[6] where she pioneered a sex education class for sixth grade students.[1]

Her husband was the pediatrician Rustin McIntosh, with whom she had five children.[7]

Barnard career

McIntosh became Dean of Barnard College in 1947, and became the institution's first President in 1952.[6][8] She was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1966.[9] She retired in 1962 and was replaced by Rosemary Park.[6]

After Barnard, she helped to found Kirkland College in the 1960s.

References
  1. Arenson, Karen W. (November 19, 1998). "Feminist's Centennial". The New York Times.
  2. Arenson, Karen W. (January 5, 2001). "Millicent McIntosh". The New York Times.
  3. Arenson, Karen W. (2001-01-05). "Millicent McIntosh, 102, Dies; Taught Barnard Women to Balance Career and Family". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  4. "A Tribute to Millicent Carey McIntosh". Friends Journal. 2002-04-01. Retrieved 2020-12-13.
  5. "Millicent C. McIntosh | Barnard 125". Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  6. "Past Leaders of the College". Retrieved 2021-09-05.
  7. "Rustin McIntosh Dies; Ex-Chief of Pediatrics". The New York Times. February 19, 1986. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  8. Greenbaum, Lucy (September 21, 1947). "Barnard's New Dean". The New York Times.
  9. "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter M" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
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