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Feb 28, 1987 · L.A. Times Archives. Feb. 28, 1987 12 AM PT. From Times Wire Services. BRYN MAWR, Pa. —. Helen Taft Manning, the only daughter of President William Howard Taft, has died at age 95. Mrs. Manning ...
Mrs. Hunter was the daughter of Frederick Johnson Manning, history professor at Swarthmore and Helen Taft Manning, history professor and dean at Bryn Mawr. Mrs Hunter's grandfather, William Howard Taft, was the 27th President and the 10th Chief Justice of the United States. Helen Manning graduated from the Putney School and received her B.A ...
Oct 25, 2013 · HELEN HUNTER Obituary. ... She was 92 years old. Mrs. Hunter was the daughter of Frederick Johnson Manning, history professor at Swarthmore and Helen Taft Manning, history professor and dean at ...
Feb 24, 1987 · OBITUARIES. BRYN MAWR, Pa. -- Helen Taft Manning, the former dean of Bryn Mawr College and the only daughter of President William Howard Taft, died at age 95. Manning, whose career at the college ...
Jul 1, 2005 · Cloud of Witnesses: Helen Taft Manning. Her books on The Revolt of French Canada and British Colonial Government After the American Revolution remain standard references, but Helen Taft Manning ( 1891-1987) was a far more interesting talking history in the 1970s when I knew her in Pennsylvania. She had become dean of Bryn Mawr College at the ...
Helen Herron Taft Manning (August 1, 1891 – February 21, 1987) graduated from Bryn Mawr in 1915, became Dean in 1917, and acting president in 1919. She left Bryn Mawr to obtain a Doctorate in History from Yale University and returned to Bryn Mawr as Dean in 1925. She served as Dean until 1941, and taught history until her retirement in 1957 ...
Helen Herron Taft, known as Nellie, was born in 1861 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the daughter of John Williamson Herron and Harriet Collins Herron . Although she grew up in a family of eleven children, Helen was educated at a private girls' school where she studied languages and literature. Long hours were also spent practicing at the family piano.
