Alberta L. Corbin


Year Inducted

1989

Career Field

German, Higher Education

Highlights

  • 1918-1921: Acting Dean of Women at the University of Kansas
  • Namesake of first women’s dormitory in Kansas
  • Speaker alongside Susan B. Anthony in 1912 Women’s Suffrage Campaign
  • Led legislative battles to build co-op housing, scholarship halls, and dormitories for the University of Kansas and other state universities