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Ada Comstock
Comstock in 1905
Born
Ada Louise Comstock

(1876-12-11)December 11, 1876
Moorhead, Minnesota, US
DiedDecember 12, 1973(1973-12-12) (aged 97)
New Haven, Connecticut, US
Other namesAda Comstock Notestein
EducationSmith College
Columbia University
TitlePresident of Radcliffe College
Term1923–1943
PredecessorLeBaron Russell Briggs
SuccessorWilbur Kitchener Jordan
Spouse
Wallace Notestein
(m. 1943)

Ada Louise Comstock (December 11, 1876 – December 12, 1973) was an American women's education pioneer. She served as the first dean of women at the University of Minnesota and later as the first full-time president of Radcliffe College.

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