Murtland, Cleo (1873-1965)

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Cleo Murtland to Jane Addams, October 6, 1913

Jane Addams to Cleo Murtland, March 19, 1914

Jane Addams to Cleo Murtland, March 25, 1914

Charles Allen Prosser to Jane Addams, October 1, 1913

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Birth Date

1873-05-23

Death Date

1965

Birthplace

Millerstown, PA

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Cleo Murtland was a professor of Industrial Education at the University of Michigan. She attended the State Normal School in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, and the Teachers College at Columbia University. Before becoming a professor, she taught at various elementary schools, the Manhattan Trade School of Girls, and served as Director of the Worcester Girls Trade School. Murtland was also assistant secretary of the National Society for Vocational Education and principal of the Trade Schools for Girls, Philadelphia. She wrote numerous books and articles on the industry, including "Industrial Arithmetic for Vocational Schools," "Study of the Dress and Waist Industry of New York," and "Tobacco Industry and Department Stores, Richmond, Va., Vocational Survey of Richmond."

Murtland died in 1965.