Mary Emma Woolley
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Mary Emma Woolley was an American educator, peace activist and women's suffrage supporter. She was the first female student to attend Brown University and served as the 10th President of Mount Holyoke
Woolley in 1903
Portrait by Marie Danforth Page (1931)
Pembroke College, Brown University was the coordinate women's college for Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. It was founded in 1891 and merged into Brown University in 1971.
Mary Emma Woolley
…Beginning in 1900, the two women lived in a life partnership for 47 years. In December 1899, Brown offered Woolley a job as the head of the newly founded Women's College. Simultaneously, Mount Holyoke College offered her its presidency. Woolley took Mount Holyoke's offer and on January 1, 1901, at the age of 38, became…
This engraved stone on Brown's Pembroke Campus serves as a memorial of Pembroke College
1894 incoming freshmen class
Pembroke Hall, first building of the Women's College (1897)
The three dormitories of Metcalf Hall (1919), Andrews Hall (1947), and Miller Hall (1910) formed the heart of Pembroke College