NEH Issues Statement on Death of Jill Ker Conway
June 05, 2018
June 05, 2018
WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The National Endowment for the Humanities issued the following statement by Chairman Jon Parrish Peede on the death of Jill Ker Conway:
"The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) mourns the passing of historian and memoirist Jill Ker Conway, who died June 1. A 2012 National Humanities Medalist, Conway was a trailblazer who, in 1975, became the first woman to serve as president of Smith College. "She paved the way for two generations of women pio . . .
"The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) mourns the passing of historian and memoirist Jill Ker Conway, who died June 1. A 2012 National Humanities Medalist, Conway was a trailblazer who, in 1975, became the first woman to serve as president of Smith College. "She paved the way for two generations of women pio . . .