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Thyrsa Amos
Thyrsa Wealtheow Amos (1879 – May 5, 1941) was an American academic and a college honor society founder. She was the dean of women and professor of education at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1919 to 1941. She was the founder of the Society of Cwens and a president of the National Association of Deans of Women (NADW). Her main area of interest was in student personnel, especially for women.
Amos was born in Frankfort, Indiana in 1879. Her parents were Agnes (née Grove) and Joseph Bonaparte Amos. Her family moved to Shawnee, Oklahoma, becoming founders of the community. She received her primary education at public schools. She attended af school in Horton, Kansas in August 1899.
Amos attended the Fairmont College in Wichita, Kansas, graduating in 1903. She earned her bachelor's degree in psychology in 1917 from the University of Kansas, Phi Beta Kappa. While there, she joined Pi Gamma Sigma her junior year. She was also a member of Mortar Board.
She earned a Master of Arts degree in Educational Psychology with a concentration in Mental Testing, and Educational Measurements in 1919 from the University of Kansas. Her Master's thesis was titled "High School Normal Training as Preparation for Rural Teaching". Her main area of interest was in student personnel, especially for women.
She visited Howard University during the 1924–25 school year to attend meetings and give talks to the female students.
After graduating from Fairmont College, Amos was a teacher in Kansas and, later, principal of Spivey School in Kingman County, Kansas. She was elected president of the Kingman County Teacher's Association in September 1908. In 1915, she was a member of the executive committee of the Central Kansas Teacher's Association.
Starting in 1917, she was a faculty member and dean of girls at Shawnee High School in Shawnee, Oklahoma. During the summer sessions of 1917 to 1919, Amos was the social director and taught psychology at the University of Kansas.
Amos became the first Dean of Women at the University of Pittsburgh, serving from the fall of 1919 until she died in 1941. The Office of Dean of Women was created at a select number of established universities in the early 1900s to ensure that, outside the classroom, the experiences of female students complimented their overall academic success. She was also a professor of student personnel history.
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Thyrsa Amos
Thyrsa Wealtheow Amos (1879 – May 5, 1941) was an American academic and a college honor society founder. She was the dean of women and professor of education at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1919 to 1941. She was the founder of the Society of Cwens and a president of the National Association of Deans of Women (NADW). Her main area of interest was in student personnel, especially for women.
Amos was born in Frankfort, Indiana in 1879. Her parents were Agnes (née Grove) and Joseph Bonaparte Amos. Her family moved to Shawnee, Oklahoma, becoming founders of the community. She received her primary education at public schools. She attended af school in Horton, Kansas in August 1899.
Amos attended the Fairmont College in Wichita, Kansas, graduating in 1903. She earned her bachelor's degree in psychology in 1917 from the University of Kansas, Phi Beta Kappa. While there, she joined Pi Gamma Sigma her junior year. She was also a member of Mortar Board.
She earned a Master of Arts degree in Educational Psychology with a concentration in Mental Testing, and Educational Measurements in 1919 from the University of Kansas. Her Master's thesis was titled "High School Normal Training as Preparation for Rural Teaching". Her main area of interest was in student personnel, especially for women.
She visited Howard University during the 1924–25 school year to attend meetings and give talks to the female students.
After graduating from Fairmont College, Amos was a teacher in Kansas and, later, principal of Spivey School in Kingman County, Kansas. She was elected president of the Kingman County Teacher's Association in September 1908. In 1915, she was a member of the executive committee of the Central Kansas Teacher's Association.
Starting in 1917, she was a faculty member and dean of girls at Shawnee High School in Shawnee, Oklahoma. During the summer sessions of 1917 to 1919, Amos was the social director and taught psychology at the University of Kansas.
Amos became the first Dean of Women at the University of Pittsburgh, serving from the fall of 1919 until she died in 1941. The Office of Dean of Women was created at a select number of established universities in the early 1900s to ensure that, outside the classroom, the experiences of female students complimented their overall academic success. She was also a professor of student personnel history.
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