photo of Betsy Wyckoff, Downtown CORE
Dublin Core
Title
photo of Betsy Wyckoff, Downtown CORE
Subject
Downtown CORE
Description
This is a 1936 yearbook photo of Downtown CORE member Betsy Wyckoff. The future Dr. Elizabeth Wyckoff, PhD, was at the time a senior at Bryn Mawr college where she graduated magna cum laude.
The daughter of Dr. John H. Wyckoff, a prominent cardiologist and dean of the NYU and Bellevue Medical College, she majored in ancient classics with a distinction in Greek. While at Bryn Mawr, she won several of the college's top scholarships and also studied at Newnham college, part of the university of Cambridge in England. As a professor and scholar in her field, she taught Greek at Mount Holyoke college. According to her application for the Freedom Rides, she also taught at Bryn Mawr, Wells and Vassar.
The daughter of Dr. John H. Wyckoff, a prominent cardiologist and dean of the NYU and Bellevue Medical College, she majored in ancient classics with a distinction in Greek. While at Bryn Mawr, she won several of the college's top scholarships and also studied at Newnham college, part of the university of Cambridge in England. As a professor and scholar in her field, she taught Greek at Mount Holyoke college. According to her application for the Freedom Rides, she also taught at Bryn Mawr, Wells and Vassar.
Source
http://repository.brynmawr.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1030&context=bmc_yearbooks
Publisher
Bryn Mawr College
Date
1936
Collection
Citation
“photo of Betsy Wyckoff, Downtown CORE,” corenyc.org, accessed April 25, 2024, http://corenyc.org/omeka/items/show/259.