Background
Eliza Greene Metcalf Radeke was born in Augusta, Georgia on December 11, 1854 while her father, Jesse Metcalf was working as a cotton buyer.
Eliza Greene Metcalf Radeke was born in Augusta, Georgia on December 11, 1854 while her father, Jesse Metcalf was working as a cotton buyer.
Eliza Metcalf attended Doctor Stockbridge"s School in Providence and then received her Bachelor of Arts from Vassar College in 1876. She later received an honorary Master of Arts from Brown University in 1914. Eliza Metcalf married Doctor Gustav Radeke, Doctor of Medicine, of Providence on May 27, 1880.
In 1913 several years after her mother"s death, Eliza Radeke became President of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and served on the Women"s Advisory Committee of the Women"s College at Brown University.
She also served as a director of the American Federation of Arts. Radeke"s brother, Jesse H. Metcalf was a United States. Senator from Rhode Island.
She was a member of the Unitarian Church and pursued various outdoor activities.