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[email protected] THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF EDUCATION “TRUE SPIRIT OF PIONEER TRADITIONS:” AN HISTORICAL ANAYLSIS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA’S FIRST DEAN OF WOMEN, MARNA BRADY By RITA I. HERRON A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Degree Awarded: Summer Semester, 2004 The members of the Committee approve the dissertation of Rita Herron defended on June 2, 2004. ____________________________________ Victoria-Maria MacDonald Professor Directing Dissertation ____________________________________ Robert Schwartz Outside Committee Member ____________________________________ Emanuel Shargel Committee Member ____________________________________ Sande Milton Committee Member Approved: Beverly Bower, Chair, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies The Office of Graduate Studies has verified and approved the above named committee members. ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First and foremost, I should like to thank my devoted husband, Douglas, for standing by and assisting me in whatever possible way with this endeavor. I thank my wonderful parents for instilling my thirst for knowledge and desire to obtain a higher educational degree, and our cat, Camilla, for relieving stress. I would like to thank all of my friends, family members, co-workers and students who have pushed me along the way and have, at times, had more faith in me than I had in myself.