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Eliza Pearl Shippen

1888–1981

United States

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Eliza Pearl Shippen (February 2, 1888 – May 17, 1981) was an American educator, and one of the founding members of Delta Sigma Theta. She was an English professor and Dean of Women at University of the District of Columbia (then known as Miner Teachers College).

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