Jill Ker Conway

Australian-American scholar and author

Jill Ker Conway AC (9 October 1934 – 1 June 2018) was an Australian-American scholar and author.Well known for her autobiographies, in particular her first memoir, The Road from Coorain, she also was Smith College's first woman president (1975–1985) and most recently served as a visiting professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

In 2004 she was designated a Women's History Month Honoree by the National Women's History Project.She was a recipient of the National Humanities Medal.

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