Ursula Batchelder Stone (June 26, 1900 – July 8, 1985) was an American business researcher, civic leader, and college professor. In 1929 she became the first woman to earn a PhD in business at an American university.
Ursula Batchelder Stone | |
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 Ursula Batchelder, from the 1922 yearbook of Bryn Mawr College | |
| Born | Ursula Chase Batchelder June 26, 1900 Faribault, Minnesota |
| Died | July 8, 1985 |
| Occupation(s) | College professor, business researcher |
Early life and education
editUrsula Chase Batchelder was born in Faribault, Minnesota, the daughter of Charles Spoor Batchelder and Mary Alzina Chase Batchelder.[1]
Batchelder graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1922,[2] and completed doctoral studies in business at the University of Chicago in 1929, with a dissertation titled "The Baking Industry with Special Reference to the Bread-Making Industry in Chicago."[3] She is considered the first woman to earn a PhD in business at an American university.[4][5][6]
Career
editAfter graduate school, Stone and Rachel Marshall Goetz ran the Batchelder and Marshall Research Service, providing data analysis and research reports for businesses in Chicago.[1]
Stone was a member of the faculty of George Williams College, teaching economics and social science courses from 1939 to 1965.[7][8] She was co-author of The Baking Industry Under N. R. A. (1936) with Raleigh Webster Stone,[9] and Food Buying and Our Markets (1938) with Day Monroe.[10]
She was president of the Hyde Park League of Women Voters (LWV) from 1939 to 1941, president of the Cook County LWV from 1941 to 1944,[11][12] and president of the Illinois LWV.[13] She co-wrote the LWV's radio program, The Women Speak.[14] In 1952 she helped to organize and lead the Southeast Chicago Commission.[8][15] In 1960 she was named a distinguished alumna of the University of Chicago.[16]
Personal life
editBatchelder married a University of Chicago professor, Raleigh Webster Stone, in 1928.[17] They had two children. Her husband died in 1969.[18] She died in 1985, aged 85 years, in Chicago.[19] Her papers are in the University of Chicago Library.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Guide to the Ursula Batchelder Stone Collection 1900-2001, University of Chicago Library Special Collections.
- ^ Bryn Mawr College, 1922 Class Book (1922 yearbook).
- ^ Stone, Ursula Batchelder (1929). The Baking Industry, with Special Reference to the Bread Baking Industry in Chicago. University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business.
- ^ "International Women's Day: Chicago Booth honors first woman to earn PhD in Business". The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
- ^ Conn, Steven (2019-10-15). Nothing Succeeds Like Failure: The Sad History of American Business Schools. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-1-5017-4209-5.
- ^ Currie, Margaret (Winter 2023). "Celebrating 125 Years of Ideas, Innovation, and Impact". Chicago Booth Magazine. 45 (1): 27.
- ^ "Faculty Honors Retiring Teacher". Chicago Tribune. 1965-04-04. p. 18. Retrieved 2021-09-18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Ursula Stone, longtime civic leader". Chicago Tribune. 1985-07-10. p. 23. Retrieved 2021-09-18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Stone, Raleigh Webster; Stone, Ursula Batchelder (1936). The Baking Industry Under N.R.A. University of Chicago Press.
- ^ Monroe, Day; Stone, Ursula Batchelder (1938). Food Buying and Our Markets. Borrows.
- ^ "Local Leagues of Women Voters to Draft Plans". Chicago Tribune. 1941-06-22. p. 104. Retrieved 2021-09-18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Voters League Plans a Study of Housing, Schools, and Health". Chicago Tribune. 1944-05-17. p. 17. Retrieved 2021-09-18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Dr. Stone Talks of Life as Retirement Nears". Chicago Tribune. 1965-05-20. p. 14. Retrieved 2021-09-18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Consumers and Manufacturers to Give Views". Chicago Tribune. 1939-01-29. p. 85. Retrieved 2021-09-18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Foerstner, Abigail (1985-05-29). "'1st suburb' undergoes urban renewal in 1950s (cont.)". Chicago Tribune. p. 109. Retrieved 2021-09-18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "11 in Chicago Area Will Get Citizen Honor". Chicago Tribune. 1960-05-30. p. 33. Retrieved 2021-09-18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Foerstner, Abigail (1985-05-29). "It was Chicago's '1st Suburb'". Chicago Tribune. p. 106. Retrieved 2021-09-18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Obituary for Raleigh W. Stone". Chicago Tribune. 1969-05-01. p. 100. Retrieved 2021-09-18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Stone (death notice)". Chicago Tribune. 1985-07-10. p. 23. Retrieved 2021-09-18 – via Newspapers.com.