Jill Ker Conway

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Jill Ker Conway was an Australian-American historian, memoirist, and educator best known as the first female president of Smith College and for her influential autobiographical writings.

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Jill Ker Conway canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf educator
historian
human
memoirist
university president
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts
Doctor of Philosophy
awardReceived National Humanities Medal
Order of Australia
boardMemberOf Colgate-Palmolive
surface form: Colgate-Palmolive Company

Merrill Lynch
surface form: Merrill Lynch & Co.

Nike, Inc.
causeOfDeath stroke
countryOfCitizenship Australia
United States of America
dateOfBirth 1934-10-09
dateOfDeath 2018-06-01
educatedAt Harvard University
University of Sydney
employer Smith College
University of Toronto
endTime 1985
fieldOfWork autobiographical writing
education
women’s history
genre autobiography
memoir
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences
notableFor being the first female president of Smith College
influential autobiographical writings
notableWork A Woman’s Education
The Road from Coorain
True North
occupation college president
educator
historian
memoirist
writer
placeOfBirth Hillston, New South Wales, Australia
placeOfDeath Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
positionHeld President of Smith College
residence Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Northampton, Massachusetts
surface form: Northampton, Massachusetts, United States of America
sexOrGender female
spouse John H. Conway
surface form: John Conway
startTime 1975

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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
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- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
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Subject: Jill Ker Conway
Description of subject: Jill Ker Conway was an Australian-American historian, memoirist, and educator best known as the first female president of Smith College and for her influential autobiographical writings.

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Conway hasNotableBearer Jill Ker Conway