Sutliff, Phebe Temperence (1859-1955)

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Rockford College

Jane Addams to Phebe Sutliff, May 9, 1901

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, October 11, 1902

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so much information!

Birth Date

1859-01-16

Death Date

1955-07-25

Birthplace

Warren County, Ohio

Biographical Text

Phebe Temperence Sutliff was the first female president of Rockford College. She graduated from Vassar College in 1880, earned an M.A. from Cornell in 1890, and earned a graduate certificate from the University of Zurich in 1891. Sutliff worked as lady principal at Hiram College from 1885 to 1886 and then became a history and English professor at Rockford College, where she later became president. In 1901 Sutliff resigned as president to care for her mother, and she moved back to her hometown in Ohio. In 1914 she opened an evening school for immigrants. In 1923 she founded the Warren branch of the American Association of University Women and served as its president. She also served as president of the Warren Urban League and helped address the needs of African Americans. She was also the president of the Warren Child Labor League and involved in many other organizations within her community. When she died, she left her estate and possessions in order to create the Sutliff Museum at the Warren Library in honor of her parents.

Sutliff died in 1955.

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Educator

Professor

Social reform activist

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People

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Hajo, Cathy Moran

Lichon, Sara Catherine

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Rightsholder being researched

Gender

Female

First appears

1901

Bibliography and Links

"Women played key roles in Trumbull County's history," Vindy.com, March 24, 2002

Royster, Jacqueline Jones, "Phebe Temperance Sutliff," Profiles of Ohio Women, 1803-2003, 2003, page 69

Sutliff Family Tree, Sutliff Museum.

Citation

“Sutliff, Phebe Temperence (1859-1955),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed October 12, 2024, https://mail.digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/185.