Caroline Jenkins Putnam

Background

Putnam, Caroline Jenkins was born on November 16, 1892 in Glymont, Maryland, United States. Daughter of Thomas Canfield and Eleanor (Compton) Jenkins.

Education

Student, Mount St. Agnes Academy, 1905—1907. Doctor of Laws, Newton College Sacred Heart, 1967. Doctor of Laws, St. Mary's College, 1959.

Doctor of Laws, Regis. College, 1952; Doctor of Laws, St. Michael's College, 1956. Doctor of Humane Letters, American International College, 1950.

Doctor of Humane Letters, Manhattanville College, 1959. Doctor of Humane Letters, Duquesne University, 1969.

Career

Member Springfield (Massachusetts) Housing Authority, 1952-1962. Member of advisory board Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, Springfield, since 1949. Member Commander for Study of De Facto Segregation Public Schools of Massachusetts, 1964-1965.

Member Massachusetts sub-committee under National Commision on Civil Rights, 1959-1964.

President Catholic Scholarships for Negroes, Incorporated., since 1946.

Achievements

• Caroline Jenkins Putnam has been listed as a noteworthy civic worker by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Springfield (Massachusetts) Housing. Member of advisory board Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, Springfield, since 1949. Member Commander for Study of De Facto Segregation Public Schools of Massachusetts, 1964-1965.

Member Massachusetts sub-committee under National Commision on Civil Rights, 1959-1964.

Member Kappa Gamma Phi (honorary).

Connections

Married Roger Lowell Putnam October 9, 1919. Children: Caroline Canfield, Roger Lowell, William Lowell, Anna Lowell (Mistress Everett P. Tomlinson), Mary Compton (Mistress Charles West. Chatfield), Michael Courtney Jenkins.

Father:

Thomas Canfield Jenkins

Mother:

Eleanor (Compton) Jenkins

Spouse:

Roger Lowell Putnam October 9

child:

Anna Lowell Putnam (Mistress Everett P. Tomlinson)

child:

Roger Lowell Putnam

child:

Caroline Canfield Putnam

child:

Mary Compton Putnam (Mistress Charles West. Chatfield)

child:

William Lowell Putnam

child:

Michael Courtney Jenkins Putnam