Anna J. McKeag
{{Short description|American psychologist, college president}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Anna Jane McKeag
| birth_date = March 13, 1864
| birth_place = West Finley, Pennsylvania
| death_date = 1947
| death_place = Wellesley, Massachusetts
| burial_place = Washington Cemetery, Washington, Pennsylvania
| nationality = American
| alma_mater = Wilson College
University of Pennsylvania
| occupation = Psychologist, educator
}}
Anna Jane McKeag (1864–1947), was an American PhD psychologist who was a university professor and the first woman president of Wilson College.
Life and work
McKeag was born March 13, 1864, in West Finley, Pennsylvania. In her early years, she taught school (1881–1892) while also teaching philosophy at Wilson College, an all women's institution in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.{{Cite book|last=Ogilvie|first=Marilyn|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40776839|title=The biographical dictionary of women in science : pioneering lives from ancient times to the mid-20th century|date=2000|publisher=Routledge|others=Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie, Joy Dorothy Harvey|isbn=0-415-92038-8|location=New York|pages=870|oclc=40776839}}
In 1895, she earned her AB at Wilson College and five years later she was awarded her PhD at the University of Pennsylvania (1900). Then she was a professor of philosophy and dean of Wilson College until 1902 when she was lured to Wellesley College by trustees there.{{Cite news|date=1912-04-28|title=FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT.; Miss Anna Jane McKeag Now at the Head of Wilson College.|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1912/04/28/archives/first-woman-president-miss-anna-jane-mckeag-now-at-the-head-of.html|access-date=2021-07-12|issn=0362-4331}}
McKeag was still a professor of education at Wellesley when she was asked to take on the presidency of Wilson College in 1911 (assuming her duties in February 1912). According to the College,{{Cite web|title=History and Traditions {{!}} Wilson Edu|url=https://www.wilson.edu/history-and-traditions|access-date=2021-07-12|website=www.wilson.edu}} "she became the first woman president (1911–15), [and] strengthened the College’s academic standards."
After three years as head of Wilson College, McKeag returned to Wellesley where she taught until her retirement.
She died in Wellesley, Massachusetts, and her gravestone can be found in Washington Cemetery in Washington, Pennsylvania.{{Cite web|title=Anna Jane McKeag (1864-1947) - Find A Grave...|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/227381094/anna-jane-mckeag|access-date=2021-07-12|website=www.findagrave.com|language=en}}
Memberships
- American Psychological Association
- National Society of College Teachers of Education
- New England Society of College Teachers of Education
- National Executive Committee of the School Peace League
Selected publications
- McKeag, A. J. (1879). In the brave old days of old – A tale of roman times, Washington, PA, Will T. Creigh's Print{{Cite web|title=In the Brave Old Days of Old - A Tale of Roman Times|url=https://www.niceoldbooks.com/blocked|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-12|website=www.niceoldbooks.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123125817/https://www.niceoldbooks.com/blocked |archive-date=2021-01-23 }}
- McKeag, A. J. (1902). The sensation of pain and the theory of the specific sense energies (Vol. 2). Ginn. (dissertation)
- McKeag, A. J., Urban, F. M., & Cornman, O. P. (1902). Spelling in the Elementary School: An Experimental and Statistical Investigation (No. 3). Ginn.
- McKeag, A. J. (1931). The principles of education.
- McKeag, A. J. (1938). Edna Virginia Moffett. (Wellesley magazine: an alumnae publication, 22, 4, 296-298.)
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