She also added a professional theater where Leonard Nimoy and Ruth Roman began acting. White served as Dean of Simmons College School of Social Work.
Eva Whiting White (ca. 1885-1974), the first woman to graduate from the Boston School for Social Work, expanded the Elizabeth Peabody Settlement House’s classes to include woodworking, radio broadcasting, debate, and dramatics.
She also added a professional theater where Leonard Nimoy and Ruth Roman began acting. White served as Dean of Simmons College School of Social Work.
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