Vinnie B. Clark (1878–1971) was an educator and author who established and developed the Geography Department at the San Diego State University.
Early life
[edit]Vinnie B. Clark was born in 1878 in Mayville, Wisconsin, the daughter of Dr. Gilbert J. Clark and Mrs. Elva V. Martin.[1]
She graduated from the University of Wisconsin; she studied at Oshkosh State Normal School and University of Wisconsin, Madison.[2][1]
Career
[edit]She was an educator and author.[1]
She moved to San Diego in 1914 and established and developed the Geography Department at the San Diego State University. She advocated the hiring of Alvena Storm.[2][1]
She traveled extensively.[1]
She is the author of Europe, a geographical reader (1925).[3][1]
She was the member of American Association of University Women, Daughters of the American Revolution, Amphion Club, Pacific Geographic Society, Pi Gamma Mu.[1]
She resigned in 1937.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Vinnie B. Clark moved to California in 1914 and lived at New Palace Hotel, San Diego, California.[1]
She died in 1971.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h Binheim, Max; Elvin, Charles A (1928). Women of the West; a series of biographical sketches of living eminent women in the eleven western states of the United States of America. p. 32. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b c d "Building the Cornerstone: Vinnie B. Clark and Geography: 1878-1971". Retrieved 2 October 2017.
- ^ Europe, a geographical reader. 1925. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
