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Sylvia Porter Receives Hood College Honorary Degree
Sylvia Porter, syndicated columnist of the New York Post, gave Hood College commencement in Hudson Outdoor Theater awarding her Doctor of Laws. Dr. Genera Ely Flickinger received Doctor of Humanities. Porter urged women to balance work and marriage as the era’s norm and cited labor statistics.
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Sylvia Porter
New York Post
Hood College
Hudson
Andrew C. ‘Truxal
Miss Porter
Genera Ely Flickinger
Maryland Department of Education
Women’s Bureau
U.S. Department of Labor
Porter
Trexal
York Post
Hood
Flickinger
Frederick High School
Department of Education
State Department of Education
Association of Eduicators of
Laa
Frederick Area
Sharon Hooper
Frederick
Sarah Mae Gladhill
Middletown
Barbara Kaufman
Barbara Thomas Yinger
Woodsboro