Emma Howell Knight
{{Short description|First University of Wyoming Dean of Women}}
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{{Infobox Person
| image = Emma Howell Knight.jpg
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1865|8|24}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1928|9|24|1865|8|24}}
| death_place = Laramie, Wyoming, US
| resting_place = Greenhill Cemetery, Laramie, Wyoming
| citizenship = Canadian
| education = University of Nebraska, University of Wyoming
| occupation = Dean of Women
| spouse = Wilbur Clinton Knight (married 1890–1903)
| children = Samuel Howell Knight, Wilburta Florence Knight, Everett Knight, Oliver Knight
}}
Emma Howell Knight (August 24, 1865 – September 24, 1928) was an American-Canadian academic and the University of Wyoming's first Dean of Women.{{Cite web |title=Emma Howell Knight {{!}} WyoHistory.org |url=https://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/emma-howell-knight |access-date=2024-12-22 |website=www.wyohistory.org}}{{Cite web |title=Emma Howell Knight's legacy in education: Equals that of her husband and children. |url=https://www.wyoachs.com/people/emma-howell-knights-legacy-in-education-equals-that-of-her-husband-and-children |access-date=2024-12-22 |website=Albany County Historical Society |language=en-US}}
Career
Emma Howell Knight began attending the University of Nebraska in 1890 at the age of 25. She temporarily paused her education after meeting her husband Wilbur Clinton Knight,{{Cite journal |last=Thomas |first=Horace D. |date=1963-04-01 |title=Samuel Howell Knight |url=https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/uwyo/rmg/article-abstract/2/1/1/87773/Samuel-Howell-Knight |journal=Rocky Mountain Geology |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=1–6 |issn=1555-7332}} moving to the Medicine Bow Mountains of Wyoming where her husband worked as a geologist.{{Cite web |last=Knight |first=Judy |date=2021-10-10 |title=Emma Howell Knight's legacy in education |url=https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/news/emma-howell-knight-s-legacy-in-education/article_1ede502c-99ec-5242-9c49-bcace80869a4.html |access-date=2024-12-22 |website=Wyoming Tribune Eagle |language=en}} She began attending the University of Washington to continue her education after his death in 1903 and earned a 2 year diploma in Domestic Studies,{{Cite web |last=ahcadmin |title=Emma Howell Knight |url=https://ahcwyo.org/tag/emma-howell-knight/ |access-date=2024-12-22 |website=American Heritage Center (AHC) #AlwaysArchiving |language=en-US}} whilst simultaneously working as the Albany County's superintendent of schools. She then became the University of Washington's Dean of Women in 1911 until her retirement in 1921.
She died in Laramie, Wyoming on September 24, 1928 after an emergency appendicitis operation.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-missoula-sentinel-wyoming-dean-dies/161908639/ |title=Wyoming Dean Dies |newspaper=The Missoula Sentinel |place=Laramie, Wyoming |agency=AP |page=4 |date=1928-09-25 |access-date=2024-12-30 |via=Newspapers.com}}
Legacy
The University of Wyoming dedicated a dormitory "Knight Hall", in memory of the former Dean.{{Cite web |title=University of Wyoming's Knight Hall Field Trip {{!}} WyoHistory.org |url=https://www.wyohistory.org/field-trips/university-wyomings-knight-hall |access-date=2024-12-22 |website=www.wyohistory.org}}
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