Ethelyn M Bennett
American
Matriarch of Business Education
Ethelyn M Bennett was a 20th century American business educator. - AsNotedIn
Ethelyn M Bennett was a 20th century American business educator. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1877/00/00 | Born on a farm near Richmond, Illinois, Ethelyn M Bennett spends much of her childhood near Pewaukee, Wisconsin. | Born | |||||
| 1900/00/00 | Ethelyn M Bennett began her career in teaching in Illinois, but she soon goes to Milwaukee where she teaches shorthand and typing at McDonald College, a business college that was for a time located in the Matthews Building at 3rd and W Wisconsin Ave. | Work | West Side Commercial Historic District | Milwaukee | |||
| 1923/00/00 | In poor health, Edward W Spencer recruits the head of McDonald College, Miss Ethelyn M Bennett, to buy and operate Spencerian Business College. | Work | 111 Years of Spencerian Business College | ||||
| 1951/00/00 | Due to growth in post-war enrollment, Miss Bennett moves the college from Wisconsin and Broadway to the centrally located Telephone-Kilbourn Exchange building. The move permits the school to develop into a 4-year degree institution. | Work | Spencerian Business College | Milwaukee | 111 Years of Spencerian Business College | ||
| 1952/00/00 | Ethelyn M Bennett establishes The Work-Study Program and the Tri-Mester Plan, programs that colleges throughout the United States will adapted. | Work | Spencerian Business College | Milwaukee | 111 Years of Spencerian Business College | ||
| 1955/07/00 | Spencerian Business College is listed in both Lovejoy's College Guide and The College Blue Book. | Work | Spencerian Business College | Milwaukee | 111 Years of Spencerian Business College | ||
| 1961/00/00 | Miss Bennett actively manages Spencerian Business College until she breaks her hip at age 84. | Work | Spencerian Business College | Milwaukee | 111 Years of Spencerian Business College | ||
| 1965/00/00 | Ethelyn M Bennett owns Ethelyn M Bennett until her death at age 89 in 1965. | Died | Spencerian Business College | Milwaukee |
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