One of the unexpected pleasures of retirement is that I now have time to follow up on questions raised in the comments. Richard Schafer quite reasonably noted after Friday’s post that if Elsbeth Rowe was a member of a triumfeminate there must have been two others lurking about somewhere. Indeed there were and the three were quite a formidable crew by the looks of it. I did some poking around and had the good fortune to come across a book prepared by members of the class of 1918 on the occasion of their fortieth reunion in 1958 and two of them, Elsbeth Rowe and Mary Jane Stratford had included updates on their lives. First up is Stratford, whose mother Sarah was hired as Dr. Lovett’s secretary in 1911, then became Dean of Women at Rice in (I think) 1914:
I’ve got one more tidbit about this for next time. Hang on!
Bonus: Bookstore, with distancing.
That’s wonderful. Thanks for the update. Now if only we knew how they came to be known as the triumfeminate conservatives. I look forward to your next tidbit.
The bookstore has changed a whole lot from when it was located in the RMC bssent!
It has changed, but it has not moved.
I remember when the bookstore3 was in the basement of Fondren. No telling where it was before that.
I’m enchanted by the nicknames and descriptions given to these three ladies by their classmates. Can you remind us of the size of the student body at that time, Melissa? Many thanks!