Edith Lesley

Edith Lesley

Edith Lesley, American educator and founder of Lesley University, was born 27 January 1872 in the Panama Canal Zone, then a U.S. protectorate, and died 16 May 1953 at Boston1 in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. She was the elder daughter of Alonzo and Rebecca (Cousens) Lesley.

Read more about Edith Lesley:  Early Life, The Lesley School, Transition and The Establishment of Lesley College

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