Agnes E. Wells
Agnes E. Wells was born in Saginaw County, Michigan, United States on January 4th, 1876 and is the American Educator And Women's Rights Activist. At the age of 83, Agnes E. Wells biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Wells first worked as an educator in Crystal Falls in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, where she was a high school principal for the 1904 to 1905 school year. From 1905-06, she became a teacher of Mathematics at Duluth High School in Minnesota. Then, from 1907 to 1914, she was the head of the mathematics department. While working on her master's degree, she was an instructor at Carleton College.
In 1917, she was a faculty member and during the summers she was dean of women at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. At the Helen Newberry Residence, she was the social director. She then went to Indiana University and taught mathematics and was the dean of women beginning in 1919. Wells provided guidance to female students and assisted with them housing, as well as being credited with establishing the dormitory system at the school. In 1924, she became a member of the Indiana Academy of Science, and that year also began to teach astronomy courses. She retired as the dean of women in 1938, and she taught mathematics and astronomy at the university from that point until 1944. The Agnes E. Wells quadrangle at Indiana University comprises four buildings: Morrison Hall, Sycamore Hall, Memorial Hall, and Goodbody Hall, all built between 1925 and 1940.
For the American Association of University Women, she established a fellowship fund in the amount of $1 million.
Wells was active in many clubs and organizations. She helped found chapters of the Mortar Board for senior women at both University of Michigan and Indiana University. She was a member American Association of Deans of Women, Sigma Xi, Gamma Phi Beta , Pi Lambda Theta, Michigan State Society, National Education Association, Daughters of the American Revolution, National Society of the Daughters of the War of 1812, American Association of University Professors, the National Education Association, Indiana School Women’s Club, and Phi Beta Kappa.
Notable leadership positions she held were chairman of the National Woman’s Party, president of the Michigan Society, president of the American Association of Deans of Women, first vice president of the American Association of University Professors, state president and national vice president of the American Association of University Women, and president of the Indiana State Federation of Business and Professional Women.
Alongside her numerous avocations and activities, other hobbies she enjoyed included motoring and travel. She spent her summers in the Adirondacks in Upper Jay, Essex Country, New York, where she was the president of the Essex Country Garden Club.