Mrs. Harriet Hoover Killin
Title
Mrs. Harriet Hoover Killin
Description
Portrait of Harriet Burnett Hoover Killin, the first woman to graduate from Pacific University (Class of 1869). She was married to Benton Killin. She was born in 1848 in Washington County on the Hoover Donation Land Claim, and died in 1937 at her home in Portland.
[Front] [pen, noted glued to front mat below image] Mrs. Harriet Hoover Killins. She was the first woman graduated from Pacific University. She was not allowed to sit on the platform with the men graduates. But was placed on a front bench. She passes at her Portland home in 1937 at the age of 88. She was raised on the Hoover D. L. C. a few miles north of Hillsboro.
Date Created
circa 1910s
Subject
Place
Medium
photographic prints
Language
English
Identifier
WCMpic_000791
Rights
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Type
Still Image