MARGARET SHOVE MORRISS
Margaret Shove Morriss (1884-1975), fourth dean of the Women’s College and of Pembroke College, was born in Baltimore on June 25, 1884. She graduated from Goucher College in 1904 and earned her Ph.D. degree from Bryn Mawr in 1911. Miss Morriss was an early advocate of the responsibility of women to use their education outside the home and the ability of women to accept leadership positions in society. She served as national president of the American Association of University Women from 1937 to 1944, and as president of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges in 1941. She was a member of the League of Women Voters and the Consumers’ League, and a consultant to the Secretary of War during World War II. She was awarded honorary degrees by Russell Sage College, Goucher College, Mount Holyoke College, and Rhode Island State College. Morriss Hall on the Pembroke Campus was named for her in 1960.
