Born: 13 July 1863,
Died: 5 September 1947
Country most active: United States
Also known as: NA
From Famous Women: An Outline of Feminine Achievement Through the Ages With Life Stories of Five Hundred Noted Women. Written by Joseph Adelman, published 1926 by Ellis M Lonow Company:
American educator, born at South Norwalk, Conn. She graduated from Brown University in 1894, later taught biblical history at Wellesley, and in 1900 was made president of Mount Holyoke College, with the development of which her name became closely identified. Miss Wooley has served in many other offices of responsibility, and has received honorary degrees from Brown, Amherst, and Smith. In 1911 she edited a volume on Education.
IW note: While at Wellesley, Woolley met Jeanette Augustus Marks, and from 1899, the two women were life partners for 48 years. Woolley was also a suffragist and peace activist, and was the first female student to attend Brown University. She served as president of Mount Holyoke College until 1937.