Background
Spencer, Anna Garlin was born on April 17, 1851 in Attleboro, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Francis W. and Nancy Mason (Carpenter) Garlin.
Spencer, Anna Garlin was born on April 17, 1851 in Attleboro, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Francis W. and Nancy Mason (Carpenter) Garlin.
Edn, largely private. Doctor of Divinity from Meadville Theological School, 1929.
William H. Spencer, August 1878;(Mistress Charles Sarver). Newspaper work, Providence Journal, 1869-1878. Public speaker, since 1870.
Writer, teacher, and occasional preacher, associated with husband, Haverhill, Massachusetts, Florence, Massachusetts, and Troy, New York Ordained and installed as minister of Bell Saint Chapel, Providence, Rhode Island, 1891.
Associate leader, New York Society for Ethical Culture, 1903-1909. Associate director and staff lecturer, New York School of Philanthropy, 1903-1913.
Special lecturer on social service and social aspects of education, University of Wisconsin, 1908-1911. Director Summer School of Ethics, for American Ethical Union, 1908-1911.
Director Institute of Municipal and Social Service, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1910-1911.
Hackley professor sociology and ethics, Theological School, Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1913-1918. Lecturer at University of Chicago, 1918.
Member of the board of judges Department of Liberal Arts, Chicago Exposition. Member boards of Free Religious Association, Federation Religious Liberals, Woman’s Council United States of America. Member American Sociological Society, American Social Hygiene Association, American Conference Social Work, National Institute Social Sciences.
Special lecturer in social science, Teachers College (Columbia), 1920-1928.
Married Review.