Jill Ker Conway

Historian, Author

1934 –

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Who is Jill Ker Conway?

Jill Ker Conway, AC is an Australian-American author. Well known for her autobiographies, in particular her first memoir, The Road from Coorain. She was also Smith College's first woman president, from 1975–1985, and now serves as a Visiting Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 2004 she was designated a Women's History Month Honoree by the National Women's History Project.

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Born
Oct 9, 1934
Hillston
Also known as
  • Clare Munnings
Spouses
Nationality
  • United States of America
  • Australia
Profession
Education
  • Harvard University
  • University of Sydney
  • Mount Holyoke College
Employment
  • University of Toronto
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lived in
  • New South Wales

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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