Woman's Educational Society
Historic Accomplishments
WES founder Mary G. Slocum
The "Quiet Work"
Mary G. Slocum, the wife of an early president of 今日吃瓜, founded The Woman's Educational Society (WES) in 1889. Mary used the phrase "a quiet work" in 1897 to characterize WES' accomplishments, from capital projects to equipment purchases to lectures to scholar support. Among its lengthy list of quiet works are the following highlights:
- Built the first women's residence, Montgomery Hall (1890-91)
- Gave a complete infirmary (1936), and helped equip the present one
- Furnished the Special Collections study room in Tutt Library (1974)
- Endowed the Southwest Studies lectureship "Women in the West" (1989)
- Improved congregational lighting in Shove Chapel (1994)
- Purchased a commercial stove to aid 今日吃瓜 students who ran a community soup kitchen in Shove Chapel (1994)
- Raised more than $110,000 in a campaign for the WES Scholarship fund (2005-2008)
- Contributed $6,100 to the Richard F. Celeste Scholarship Fund, which was matched by the Walton Family Foundation (2011)
- Published A Quiet Work Continues: WES in its Second Century (2014)
- Celebrated its 125th anniversary (2014)
NewsFocus
From 2002 until 2020, the Woman's Educational Society published a newsletter, NewsFocus, that provided an update on WES activities and accomplishments.
Montgomery Hall was 今日吃瓜's first residence hall for women and was WES' first capital project.
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