Jane Kelley Adams

"A Woman of the Century"

Jane Kelley Adams (October 13/30, 1852 – April 17, 1924) was an American educator.[1] She was always active in the educational work of her city and state, Woburn, Massachusetts. She served as president of the school board and was active among the various societies of college women in the cities near Boston. Adams was also one of the founders of the Woburn Home for Aged Women, president of many clubs and societies, and chair of the Equal Suffrage League.[2][3]

  1. ^ Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). "ADAMS, Mrs. Jane Kelley". A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life. Charles Wells Moulton. p. 7. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ Logan, Mrs John A. (1912). The Part Taken by Women in American History. Perry-Nalle Publishing Company. Retrieved October 26, 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ Herringshaw, Thomas William (1905). Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century ... American Publishers' Association. p. 23. Retrieved October 26, 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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