Millicent Carey McIntosh, circa 1956

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]

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. 1 2 Arenson, Karen W. (November 19, 1998). "Feminist's Centennial". The New York Times.
  2. 1 2 3 Arenson, Karen W. (January 5, 2001). "Millicent McIntosh". The New York Times.
  3. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 "Millicent C. McIntosh | Barnard 125". Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  6. 1 2 3 "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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