Rebecca Pennell

Rebecca Mann Pennell, later Rebecca Mann Dean (1821-1890Dorr, Laurence J., 'Botanical Libraries and Herbaria in North America. 4. The Samuel Botsford Buckley – Rebecca Mann Dean Mystery', "Taxon" 46:4 (1997), pp. 661-687] ) was an American educator, niece of prominent educator Horace Mann, and the first woman to be appointed a full faculty member at an American college. cite book
last =Riegel
first = Robert Edgar
title = American Women: A Story of Social Change
publisher = Associated University Presses, Inc.
date = 1970
location = Cranbury, New Jersey
pages =159
url = http://books.google.com/books?id=Hxq1xmJa0xAC&pg=PP1&dq=American+Women:+A+Story+of+Social+Change&sig=dtttE0DPWqKgOqZNPtJrPvrxmmg] She was one of the ten founding professors of Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, where she taught physical geography, drawing, natural history, civil history, and didactics. Pennell was the first female college professor who received the same rank and pay as her male colleagues and attended faculty meetings.cite book
last =Pollard
first = Lucille Addison
title = Women on College and University Faculties: A Historical Survey and Study of Their Present Academic Status
publisher = Arno Press
date = 1977
location = New York City
pages = 120
url = http://books.google.com/books?id=Mmw5aYsrfIoC&pg=PA1&dq=Women+on+College+Faculties&sig=BZ_wtTkX9VvNJ-MURqUMghKUUic#PPP1,M1] Part of Pennell's salary was a home on campus, which still stands and is named for Pennell, as is a hall in one of Antioch College's dormitory buildings.

References