The story of a remarkable woman and a fascinating slice of American history. Born in 1868 intro a prominent Hartford, Connecticut, family, Mary was raised in the sophisticated East - but with her 1896 marriage to Stephen Penrose, a Congregational minister and president of the fledging Whitman College, she committed herself to a life in what was still the western frontier. In small-town Walla Walla in the wheatlands of southeastern Washington, Mary Penrose raised six children, assisted her husband as he led Whitman College to a place of national prominence among liberal arts colleges, served as a national leaders of the YMCA movement as it worked vigorously to empower American women.

Another Sort of Pioneer: Mary Shipman Penrose

Biographies & Memoirs

Stickles, Frances Copeland

Community & Culture

Castle Island Publishing

<p>The biography of a successful small-college eastern Washington tennis and basketball coach who exemplified a traditional style of teaching play, and sportsmanship. It also provides a fascinating look at the changing role of college athletics in the last half of the twentieth century. Born to a family run by a single mother, Burgess found an outlet in athletics. After serving in the Pacific War in the Navy, he began a family and a coaching career. Serendipity found him taking over the moribund Whitman College tennis program. He fought for improved facilities and budgets, worked to carve out a place for athletics within the college liberal arts curriculum, and coached his teams to several conference and regional championships. And, he built as reputation as a thoughtful, decent man who had a profound life-long influence on the young men who competed for him.</p>

Smart Jocks, Long Talks and Pink Socks

Patricia Burgess

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Another Sort of Pioneer: Mary Shipman Penrose

Smart Jocks, Long Talks and Pink Socks