Oberlin's Women: A Legacy of Leadership & ActivismMain MenuAbout This ProjectSocial Media CampaignCoeducation & SuffrageWomen in Leadership & ActivismLetterpress Printing ProjectHistory of Opioids from China to OberlinAcknowledgements
Helen Almira Shafer
1media/Shafer_Portrait_1863__mod_MSTR_mod_thumb.jpg2020-08-13T23:17:14+00:00Riza Miklowski9698c57ff68a3ce4118b9f6b0ec0c3612e895e5e102Portrait of Helen Almira Shafer, ca. 1860splain2020-08-18T23:29:37+00:00Oberlin College ArchivesRiza Miklowski9698c57ff68a3ce4118b9f6b0ec0c3612e895e5e
This page is referenced by:
12020-08-13T22:55:33+00:00Helen Almira Shafer3plain2020-08-14T17:27:49+00:00Helen Almira Shafer (1839-1894, OC 1863) was an educator and college administrator. She graduated from Oberlin College in 1863 with a B.A. in literature. Shafer was a professor of mathematics at Wellesley College from 1877 to 1888. In 1888, she became the acting president of Wellesley after President Alice Freeman Palmer stepped down. That same year she was named president and held the position until her sudden death in 1894. Shafer is known for establishing a psychological laboratory at Wellesley and changing the university curriculum to include more student electives.