Education
Alper received her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts from Wellesley College in 1929 and 1933 respectively. In 1943, she became the eleventh woman, and first Jewish woman, to receive a Doctor of Philosophy from Harvard.
Alper received her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts from Wellesley College in 1929 and 1933 respectively. In 1943, she became the eleventh woman, and first Jewish woman, to receive a Doctor of Philosophy from Harvard.
She began her work at Harvard as a tutor and instructor. She was told she would never be offered tenure because she was a woman, and in 1948, she resigned from Harvard. She then became an associate professor at Clark University, but due to an ill family member, she left that position as well and accepted a position at Wellesley College.