Jill Ker Conway, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jill Ker Conway

Australian-American author and academic

Date of Birth: 09-Oct-1934

Place of Birth: Hillston, New South Wales, Australia

Date of Death: 01-Jun-2018

Profession: writer, historian, university teacher, memoirist

Nationality: United States, Australia

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Jill Ker Conway (9 October 1934 – 1 June 2018) was an Australian-American scholar and author.
Well known for her autobiographies, in particular her first memoir, The Road from Coorain, she also was Smith College's first woman president (1975-1985) and most recently served as a visiting professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
In 2004 she was designated a Women's History Month Honoree by the National Women's History Project.
She was a recipient of the National Humanities Medal.