Mary Creswell Honor Hall Initiation

Mary Creswell Honor Hall Initiation

Newspaper clipping of Mary Creswell's initiation into the Honor Hall in the College of Home Economics at the University of Georgia

Creswell Hall is named after Mary Ethel Creswell, the first woman to receive a baccalaureate degree from the University of Georgia. Mary Creswell received her B.S. in home economics in 1919, and she became the first dean of the College of Home Economics, which was established in 1933. After serving as a dean from 1933 to 1945, Miss Creswell taught as a professor in the College of Home Economics until retiring in 1949. Also, in addition to being the first woman to receive a baccalaureate degree from UGA, Mary Creswell was the first woman to be employed by the Federal Extension Office in Washington in 1913 (Peek 369-372). As pictured in the news article below, Miss Creswell was the first female graduate to be initiated to the Honor Hall of the College of Home Economics in 1980. Mary Creswell was a pioneer for women at UGA and across the nation, and Creswell Hall is named honorably in her memory.

The University of Georgia

Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library

October 13, 1980

Newspaper

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