Reminiscences of Elizabeth Jane McCormack : oral history, 1979.

Biographical Note

Educator, Roman Catholic leader.

Scope and Contents

Early life; education at Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart; experience as a nun, 1944-73; Mistress General, Greenwich School, 1954-57; presidential assistant, academic dean, President, Manhattanville College, 1958-73; departure from Society of Sacred Heart, 1973; educational philosophy, consequences of Vatican II, perceptions of Roman Catholic leadership.

Subjects

• Catholic Church--Education.
• Catholic universities and colleges.
• Educators--Interviews.
• Ex-nuns--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• McCormack, Elizabeth Jane, 1922-
• Monasticism and religious orders--Education.
• Nuns--Interviews.
• Oral histories.
• Tanner, Estelle N., interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr

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