Ellen Fitz Pendleton

Pendleton built temporary quarters for her students within three weeks to hold classes.

She instituted an honors program during her presidency and rejected the introduction of vocational and specialized courses.

She supported "a wide liberal education, independent study, and freedom in choosing electives by the undergraduates".

[6] Nobel Peace Prize winner Emily Greene Balch had once sent a letter to the president of Wellesley College in 1918 and wrote that one should follow "the ways of Jesus".

[5] Pendleton was a member of the Wellesley College examination board and helped liberalize the structure of the exams.

[9] As a member of the Naples Table Association she supported women's scientific research.

[12][13] Pendleton died the next month on July 26 in Newton, Massachusetts of a paralytic stroke.