Margaret Shove Morriss

Margaret Shove Morriss (June 25, 1884 – January 22, 1975) was an American academic historian, She was the Dean of Women in charge of Pembroke College in Brown University from 1923 to 1950.

[2][3][4] Morriss began her career at Mount Holyoke College, teaching American history.

[5] In 1923, she was hired by Brown University to serve a professor of history and as Dean of Women,[6] a post she held until she retired in 1950.

[7] Her name was sometimes lampooned as "Peggy Push" (from "Margaret Shove"), to emphasize her assertive style of leadership.

[8] From 1917 to 1920, during World War I, she joined the Young Women's Christian Association efforts in France, Germany, and New York,[9] as director of recreation for nurses.