Wallace, Elizabeth (1865-1960)

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Birth Date

1865-05-04

Death Date

1960-04-09

Birthplace

Bogota, Colombia

Biographical Text

Elizabeth Wallace was born in Colombia and immigrated to the United States in 1873. She became language scholar who graduated from Wellesley College in 1886. She then joined the faculty of the University of Chicago as a teaching fellow in 1892. She served as Dean of Women at Knox College from 1894-1896, teaching Spanish classes. In 1895 she became a professor in French literature at the University of Chicago. Wallace served as a dean between 1905-1913 and 1923-1926. She retired in 1927, taking up a number of hobbies, and wrote an autobiography, The Unending Journey (1952). Wallace served with the Red Cross in France during World War I and headed the Minnesota branch of the American Relief for France during World War II. Wallace died in 1960.

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Educator

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Relief worker

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Photo from U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925.

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Female

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1901

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"Funeral Rites are Slated for Educator," Oshkosh Daily Northwestern, April 12, 1960, p. 10.

"Miss Wallace of 2st U. of C. Faculty, Dies," Chicago Daily Tribune, April 12, 1960, p. A5.

1920 United States Federal Census

Guide to the Elizabeth Wallace Papers, 1913-1955, University of Chicago Library."Funeral Rites are Slated for Educator," Oshkosh Daily Northwestern, April 12, 1960, p. 10.

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U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925

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“Wallace, Elizabeth (1865-1960),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed July 26, 2024, https://digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/170.

Wallace, Elizabeth (1865-1960)

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World War One (1914-1918)

American Red Cross

University of Chicago

James Weber Linn to Jane Addams, April 28, 1901

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, May 21, 1901

Katharine Coman to Jane Addams, June 26, 1913

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